Co-exist the phenomena of wage discrimination and occupational segmentation against ethnic-racial minorities residents in Santiago de Cali?

Authors

  • Bilver Adrian Astorquiza Bustos Magister en Economía Aplicada (Universidad del Valle)

Keywords:

Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, ethnic-racial, occupational segmentation, wage gaps

Abstract

This paper contrasted the hypothesis of wage discrimination and occupational segmentation by ethno- racial status in Cali using the methodology Oaxaca - Blinder decomposition and Multinomial Logistic model. The results show that 56.30 % of the wage gaps are explained by heterogeneity in individuals' own characteristics, while the 39.26% relates to discrimination effect. Additionally, the probability of realizing categorized as ethnic minorities occupations is lower (6.9 %) compared to mixed occupations (25.6 %) and non-ethnic (67.5 %). This verifies that ethnic minorities face stationed in Cali both phenomena.

Author Biography

Bilver Adrian Astorquiza Bustos, Magister en Economía Aplicada (Universidad del Valle)

Economista y Magister en Economía Aplicada de la Universidad del Valle. Miembro del Grupo de Economía Regional y Ambiental (GERA) y Miembro de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos - LASA -

Published

2015-05-28

Issue

Section

Science article