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Labor income differentials between formal workers in civil construction in the Northeast: Comparison by Race/Color and Gender

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  • Luis Abel da SILVA FILHO

    (epartamento de Economia da Universidade Regional do Cariri –URCA, Brasil.)

  • Emanuela Evina LUIZ dos SANTOS

    (Economia da Universidade Regional do Cariri –URCA)

  • Wellington Ribeiro JUSTO

    (Economia da Universidade Regional do Cariri –URCA)

Abstract

Even though female insertion in the labor market has increased in recent years, studies have found an abyss in terms of wage inequality, in which, even with more years of schooling, women receive lower wages than men. In this context, this study sought to evaluate the labor market and wage inequalities between men and women in civil construction in the Northeast, in the years 2009 and 2019. Microdata from the Annual List of Social Information (RAIS) for the years 2009 and 2019 were used. Mincerian earnings equations were estimated using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) models and Quantile Regression to measure the impacts of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of formally employed workers in civil construction on earnings between men and women. The results show that there is income inequality between men and women, with men earning higher wages in civil construction, as well as wage inequality persisting by race/color, age, education, among others.

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  • Luis Abel da SILVA FILHO & Emanuela Evina LUIZ dos SANTOS & Wellington Ribeiro JUSTO, 2022. "Labor income differentials between formal workers in civil construction in the Northeast: Comparison by Race/Color and Gender," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, EconSciences Journals, vol. 9(4), pages 314-332, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cvv:journ1:v:9:y:2022:i:4:p:314-332
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    • J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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