The Gender Wage Gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a Matching Comparisons Approach
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Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru from 1986 to 2000. This methodology has two advantages. First, it recognizes that the supports of observable characteristics distributions differ substantially. Second, it provides deeper insights regarding the distribution of the unexplained gender differences in earnings. For the period under analysis, males earn on average 45 percent more than females. This wage gap is composed of three additive elements: 11 percent differences in supports, 6 percent differences in distributions of individual characteristics and 28 percent unexplainable differences. About half of these unexplainable differences occur in the highest quintile of the wage distribution.
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Ñopo (2009) was the most recent study about the evolution of the Peruvian gender wage gap and comprised a period between 1980 and 2000.
“To the best of our knowledge, Ñopo (2009) was the most recent study about the evolution of the Peruvian gender wage gap and comprised a period between 1980 and 2000.”
From The Gender Wage Gap in Peru: Drivers, Evolution, and Heterogeneities (2022) · cites this paper as Ñopo (2009)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredEl nivel educativo alcanzado por las mujeres, es decir, el aumento en las dotaciones de capital humano, es una de las características que más ayuda a cerrar la brecha existente.
“En línea con Ñopo (2009Ñopo ( ) y Montes (2007)), se encuentra que el nivel educativo que alcanzaron las mujeres, es decir, el aumento en las dotaciones de capital humano, es una de las características que más ayuda a cerrar la brecha existente.”
From Changes in Peru's Gender Earning Gap: An Analysis from 1997 to 2021 (2023) · cites this paper as Ñopo (2009
In the section containing Figure 1, Ñopo reports that gender differences in observable characteristics, including education, narrowed during the period studied. But the discussion of Figure 6 says the wage gap varies nonmonotonically with education; the paper does not establish that women’s educational attainment is one of the characteristics that most helps close the wage gap. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredÑopo (2009) found an unexplained gender wage gap of 28% for the period between 1986 and 2000.
“For example, Ñopo (2009) found an unexplained gender wage gap of 28% for the period between 1986 and 2000.”
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- Blinder, A. (1973), "Wage Discrimination: Reduced Form and Structural Estimates." The Journal of Human Resources, VII, 4, pp. 436-55.
- Oaxaca, R. (1973), Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Market. International Economic Review, Vol.14, No.3, 693-709.
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- Authors
- Ñopo, H. R.
- Affiliations
- Inter-American Development Bank (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ñopo, Hugo R.
- ORCID
- Ñopo, Hugo R.
- Publisher
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Published
- 2009-03-27
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-37
- OpenAlex
- W2117132614
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- Económica (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
- Keywords
- gender pay gap, earnings differentials, women's wages, wage distribution, Peru, wage inequality
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