Wage gap percentages

 

The study confirms the persistence of gender gaps in income between women and men, and their growing evolution, as of 2017 between the different groups of income distribution and at the urban-rural level, reaching, for this year, values between 67% 55% in the different income segments. In this regard, it is found that the largest gender gaps in income are seen among the lowest income groups.

It is evident that the gender gap in the allocation of unpaid domestic and care work and the income gap feed each other, perpetuating the disadvantaged condition of women compared to their male peers, between different income groups and at the urban-rural level. In effect, working women in households with a greater burden of members under 6 years of age and/or members between 6 and 18 years of age, and members over 65 years of age, are less likely to participate in formal labor markets compared to their peers. mens.

Another result to highlight is referred to the breakdown of the gender gap. Through this type of analysis, it is found that discrimination explains the wage gap as of 2017 by up to 60% if the dependency ratio of the worker's household (number of children under 6 years of age) is considered as an approximation of the workload. domestic and care burden.

APA:

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del trabajo”, serie Asuntos de Género, N° 154 (LC/TS.2019/3), Santiago, Comisión Económica para

América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

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COVID-19”, Informe COVID-19 CEPAL-UNESCO, Santiago, agosto.

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tecnologías digitales para enfrentar los efectos del COVID-19”, Informe Especial COVID-19, Nº 7,

Santiago, agosto