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The Venezuelan labor market segmentation from a gender perspective

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  • Samaria Muñoz de Camacho

    (Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Universidad de Los Andes. Núcleo Liria, Edificio G, Piso 3. Mérida, estado Mérida, 5101 Venezuela.)

  • Bernarda Pinilla

    (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Universidad de Los Andes, Núcleo Liria, Edificio H, Piso 3. Mérida, estado Mérida, 5101 Venezuela.)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the labor market segmentation in Venezuela in 2009 based on the methodology of Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Empirical results show that gender and higher education are elements segmenting the labor market in terms of occupational group, type of industry, employment sector, firm size, and level of income. Results not only show that in Venezuela investing in human capital increases the opportunity to access to better working conditions, but also that there is evidence of the existence of labor supply, institutional and occupational segregation.

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  • Samaria Muñoz de Camacho & Bernarda Pinilla, 2013. "The Venezuelan labor market segmentation from a gender perspective," Economía, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (IIES). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela, vol. 38(35), pages 157-187, January-J.
    • Handle: RePEc:ula:econom:v:38:y:2013:i:35:p:157-187
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    Keywords

    Labor segmentation; multiple correspondence analysis; occupational segregation.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
    • C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General
    • J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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