Frenos al empoderamiento económico? Factores que limitan la inserción laboral y la calidad del empleo de las mujeres

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ID6166722
AuthorsAlma Espino (Universidad de la República de Uruguay), María Sauval (0000-0001-7439-4119, Centro Uruguayo de Imagenología Molecular)
Year2016
Issue77
Pages305-360
Publication date2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Desarrollo y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0120-3584 • E-ISSN: 1900-7760
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.13043/dys.77.8
OpenAlexW2542783643
LanguageES
Citations received2
References cited15

This paper explains the differences in men and women’s labor market outcomes. We distinguish between intrinsic and imposed gender constraints on women’s participation in the labor market in Chile. Using data from the 2011 survey “Encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica Nacional”, we apply probability models to five stages of labor trajectories, decomposing gender gaps at each stage. Results confirm that women’s labor supply is restricted by the existence of cultural barriers associated with the traditional sexual division of labor. This hinders their job market performance, leading to jobs with higher informality levels and lower levels of job quality in comparison to men. In addition, we find that institutional mechanisms reproduce these limitations through discrimination and segregation

Humanities · Political science · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Philosophy · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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