On the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Bolivia

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dc.contributor.authorCanavire, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorRíos, Fernando
dc.contributor.eafitauthorgcanavir@eafit.edu.co
dc.contributor.eafitauthorfriosavi@levy.org
dc.coverage.spatialMedellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degreeseng
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-25T20:44:29Z
dc.date.available2015-03-25T20:44:29Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-01
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, Bolivia has experienced a series of economic and political transformations that have directly affected the labor markets, particularly the salaried urban sector. Real wages have shown strong increases across the distribution, while also presenting a decrease in inequality. Using an intertemporal decomposition approach, we find evidence that changes in demographic and labor market characteristics can explain only a small portion of the observed inequality decline. Instead, the results indicate that the decline in wage inequality was driven by the faster wage growth of usually low-paid jobs, and wage stagnation of jobs that require higher education or are in traditionally highly paid fields. While the evidence shows that the reduction in inequality is significant, we suggest that such an improvement might not be sustainable in the long run, since structural factors associated with productivity, such as workers’ level of education, explain only a small portion of these wage changes.eng
dc.identifier.jelD63
dc.identifier.jelI31
dc.identifier.jelJ31
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/5133
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherUniversidad EAFITspa
dc.publisher.departmentEscuela de Economía y Finanzasspa
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesseng
dc.rights.localAcceso abiertospa
dc.subject.keywordBoliviaeng
dc.subject.keywordDecompositioneng
dc.subject.keywordWage Inequalityeng
dc.titleOn the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Boliviaeng
dc.typeworkingPapereng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPapereng
dc.type.hasVersiondrafteng
dc.type.localDocumento de trabajo de investigaciónspa

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