La observación de la brecha salarial de género ajustada. En busca de la discriminación directa en España

Carles X. Simó-Noguera; Elvira Mondragón-García; Juan A. Carbonell-Asins; Juan A. Romero-Crespo

doi:10.3989/ris.2023.81.3.22.00490

Authors

Carles X. Simó-Noguera Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3569-1804
Elvira Mondragón-García Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4328-013X
Juan A. Carbonell-Asins Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8449-5674
Juan A. Romero-Crespo Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-203X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2023.81.3.22.00490

Keywords:

General Linear Model, Gender Inequality, Hidden Gap, Pay Discrimination

Abstract

We investigate the hidden gender gap, the unexplained wage inequality that could be related to direct discrimination. A General Linear Model combining the variables of the 2018 Spanish Structure of Earnings Survey is estimated to construct typologies with maximum pay gap. We build a matrix with all combinations of explanatory variables including sex (>3 million rows). We predict salary with the model and calculate the wage gap between rows whose only difference is sex. We order rows selecting those with the maximum pay gap (≥ 99th percentile) to identify typologies. Therefore, we are able to adjust the calculation of the hidden gap (13.1%) and identify the type of occupation where it mostly occurs (permanent jobs, in companies of 1 to 49 workers in the industrial sector of the Northwest of Spain). Additionally, we highlight the characteristics of women who suffer most from it (women ≥ 50 years with medium and high education).

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