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Segregación ocupacional de la mujer en el mercado de trabajo del Uruguay (1986-1997)

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  • Zuleika Ferré

    (Departmento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

  • Máximo Rossi

    (Departmento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

Abstract

The objetive of this paper has been to analyze the evolution of occupational segregation by gender in Uruguay and in particular if the evolution was associated to the wage gap trends. There are high level of segregation in Uruguay and they had not important changes during the 1990s.

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  • Zuleika Ferré & Máximo Rossi, 2002. "Segregación ocupacional de la mujer en el mercado de trabajo del Uruguay (1986-1997)," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0502, Department of Economics - dECON.
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    1. Atal, Juan Pablo & Ñopo, Hugo R. & Winder, Natalia, 2009. "New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1131, Inter-American Development Bank.

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