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The luck of being of the right gender and color: a detailed discussion about the wage gaps in the Brazilian manufacturing industry

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  • Flávio Kauê Fiuza-Moura

    (Universidade de São Paulo (USP))

  • Katy Maia

    (Universidade Estadual de Londrina)

  • Solange Cassia Inforzato de Souza

    (Universidade Estadual de Londrina)

  • Magno Rogério Gomes

    (Universidade Estadual de Londrina)

  • Paulo Reis Mourão

    (University of Minho)

Abstract

This work analyzed the wage discrimination in the Brazilian manufacturing industry. By recurring to the most updated database, several gaps were analyzed between white and non-white citizens, and between males and females. We detailed the Brazilian manufacturing industry considering its different segments of technology. Using Mincerian equations for the two most recent decades, we observed a reduction in the wage gap between workers, due to their individual characteristics of schooling, experience, means of residence and professional positions. We also discussed the distribution of impacts these characteristics have on wages, concluding the most significant are in segments more intensive in technology, indicating that these segments prefer to offer better-off jobs for white men than the segments based on lower technological intensity.

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  • Flávio Kauê Fiuza-Moura & Katy Maia & Solange Cassia Inforzato de Souza & Magno Rogério Gomes & Paulo Reis Mourão, 2019. "The luck of being of the right gender and color: a detailed discussion about the wage gaps in the Brazilian manufacturing industry," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 1275-1300, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:53:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s11135-018-0815-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11135-018-0815-5
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    Keywords

    Mincerian equations; Wage gaps; Labor discrimination; Brazilian economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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