Brecha de Ingresos Laborales por Género en Bolivia. Un Análisis de su Evolución en el Periodo 1993 a 2018

Manuel Urquidi Zijderveld; José Horacio Valencia Rivamontan; Guillaume Durand

doi:10.4067/S0718-88702021000200095

Authors

Manuel Urquidi Zijderveld CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina
José Horacio Valencia Rivamontan Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Guillaume Durand Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-88702021000200095

Keywords:

Gender economics, wage differentials, discrimination

Abstract

In Bolivia, women working in similar positions as men face lower remunerations, besides being concentrated in low-paid jobs. This paper sheds lights over the gender labor income gap evolution in Bolivia over a 25-year period (1993 to 2018). Using household surveys and applying two different methods, the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition and the Ñopo decomposition, we find sound evidence of an important reduction in the gender labor income gap during the analyzed period. This reduction is due to, firstly, the reduction of the number of observable characteristics affecting the labor market such as education and the impact of family characteristics on access to employment. Secondly, it shows the reduction in the unexplained component, which is usually assumed to be discrimination.

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