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El efecto de la maternidad sobre los salarios femeninos

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  • Liliana Olarte
  • Ximena Peña

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El presente trabajo analiza el efecto del número y de la estructura de edades de los hijos sobre los salarios de las mujeres en Colombia. Las madres ganan en promedio 17.6% menos que las no madres. Como no todas las mujeres participan en el mercado laboral,existen potenciales problemas de selección que son corregidos. Los resultados empíricos confirman la existencia de una penalización salarial sustancial por maternidad. Se estima que luego de controlar por variables observables y sesgo de selección, aún persiste una brecha salarial de 9.4% entre madres y no madres; la brecha salarial es más alta cuando los hijos tienen menos de 5 anos de edad, 18.4%. Este diferencial salarial se debe en parte a que las madres son empleadas con mayor probabilidad en trabajos de peor calidad que las no madres, donde no se contribuye a salud ni a pensión, y a que ser madre está relacionado con mayores responsabilidades domésticas al interior del hogar.

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  • Liliana Olarte & Ximena Peña, 2010. "El efecto de la maternidad sobre los salarios femeninos," Documentos CEDE 7235, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
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    1. Natalia Ramírez Bustamante & Ana Maria Tribin Uribe & Carmiña O. Vargas, 2015. "Maternity and Labor Markets: Impact of Legislation in Colombia," Borradores de Economia 870, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    2. Andrea Otero-Cortés & Ana María Tribín-Uribe & Tatiana Mojica-Urueña, 2022. "The Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of the Venezuelan Exodus on Female Workers: Evidence from Colombia," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 20623, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
    3. Uribe, Ana Maria Tribin & Vargas, Carmiña O. & Bustamante, Natalia Ramírez, 2019. "Unintended consequences of maternity leave legislation: The case of Colombia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 218-232.
    4. Karen García-Rojas & Paula Herrera-Idárraga & Leonardo Fabio Morales & Natalia Ramírez-Bustamante & Ana María Tribín-Uribe, 2020. "(She)cession: The Colombian female staircase fall," Borradores de Economia 1140, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    5. Natalia Ramírez Bustamante & Ana Maria Tribin Uribe & Carmiña O. Vargas, 2015. "Maternity and Labor Markets: Impact of Legislation in Colombia," BORRADORES DE ECONOMIA 012610, BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA.

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    Keywords

    maternidad; brecha salarial; sesgo de selección; Colombia;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • C24 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models

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