Maternidad y brecha salarial: ¿Penaliza el mercado laboral la maternidad?

This research presents the effect of maternity on salary income in Ecuador using data from the accumulated 2018 ENEMDU. The results obtained under the Mincerian equations methodology show that there is a maternity penalty of 5.7% on the salary. The salary difference between non-mothers and mothers is wider when considering the age ranges of the children. Mothers with children under 6 years of age and with children between 6 and 12 years old earn on average 18% and 6% less respectively. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition with correction for bias, the study shows that there is a negative wage gap of 26.4% between mothers and non-mothers. This research also presents evidence of whether fatherhood affects men's earnings. Unlike the scenario for mothers, there is no penalty for paternity in the salary. However, having children under 6 years old and between 6 and 12 years old does seem to imply a wage penalty of 3.6% and 2.6%, respectively. Unlike mothers, the wage gap between fathers and non-fathers is positive, that is, fathers earn an average 3.4% more than non-fathers.

• Hlavní autor: Peña Terán, Carolina (author)
• Další autoři: Maldonado, Jenny (author)
• Médium: article
• Jazyk: spa
• Vydáno: 2020
• Témata: motherhood; wages gap; wage income; Mincerian equation; Oaxaca Blinder decomposition; maternidad; brecha salarial; ingreso salarial; Ecuación Minceriana; Descomposición Blinder- Oaxaca; Ecuador
• On-line přístup: https://estudioseconomicos.bce.fin.ec/index.php/RevistaCE/article/view/272