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La Gran Recesión y el diferencial salarial por género en España

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  • Inés P. Murillo

    (Universidad de Extremadura)

  • Hipólito Simón

    (Universidad de Alicante IEI-IEB)

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El artículo examina la evolución de las diferencias salariales entre hombres y mujeres en España entre los años 2002 y 2010. La evidencia obtenida sugiere que el notable empeoramiento de la coyuntura económi¬ca tras el inicio de la Gran Recesión ha tenido dos impactos reseñables sobre el diferencial salarial por razón de género. El primero es que se ha revertido la tendencia hacia la reducción de la brecha salarial por géne¬ro que se venía produciendo en la economía española con anterioridad, durante la expansión económica. El segundo es que se ha generado un perfil creciente de la brecha salarial a lo largo de la distribución de sala¬rios coincidente con el fenómeno de techo de cristal observado para otros países, pero no en períodos pre¬vios para España.

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  • Inés P. Murillo & Hipólito Simón, 2014. "La Gran Recesión y el diferencial salarial por género en España," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 208(1), pages 39-76, March.
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    Diferencias salariales por razón de sexo; datos emparejados empresa-trabajador; des¬composición salarial de Juhn-Murphy-Pierce; descomposición de Fortin-Lemieux-Firpo.;
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    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General

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