Determinants of the wage gap in Ecuador: analysis under a Minceriano model related to dummy aggregate variables

Abstract

Introduction Work includes schooling and experience as explanatory variables of the level of salaries; It has been considered important to incorporate others in this research, these being: gender, area where the work activity takes place and having knowledge of another language. Objective of the present investigation is to analyze income inequality in the Ecuadorian labor market. Materials and methods The research takes data from the National Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Survey of INEC estimating the Mincerian equation (1974) by adding dummy variables. Results the estimations allow to conclude that there is actually female and rural discrimination with respect to the salaries that the masculine gender has and in general of the workers who come from residential zones. Discussion. all the variables included in the model, experience is the one with the lowest incidence, anyway Conclusions establishes that the result is consistent with what the Ecuadorian legislation indicates, specifically the Internal Control Regulations.