Gender Based Wage Differentials in Mexican Government. The Foreign Service as a case study
No. 6 (3), Scientific Research
No. 6 (3)

Gender Based Wage Differentials in Mexican Government. The Foreign Service as a case study

Scientific Research
https://doi.org/10.25009/is.v0i6.2590
Published 2018-12-30
Carlos Reyes Sánchez
Universidad Veracruzana / Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores Económicos y Sociales
Diana Del Callejo Canal
Universidad Veracruzana / Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores Económicos y Sociales
Margarita Edith Canal Martínez
Universidad Veracruzana / Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores Económicos y Sociales
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Keywords

gender equality
income distribution
hierarchical positions
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Mexico

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Reyes Sánchez, C., Del Callejo Canal, D., & Canal Martínez, M. E. (2018). Gender Based Wage Differentials in Mexican Government. The Foreign Service as a case study. Interconectando Saberes, (6), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.25009/is.v0i6.2590
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Abstract

Gender based wage differentials is widely observed in the world labor markets. This paper studies the wage differences between men and women that works in the Mexican government using as a case of study the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Results from non-parametric statistical hypothesis test to compare two related samples suggest that male-female wage differentials are explained because of a high degree of vertical segregation, where men tend to occupy higher ranking and better paying positions than women.

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