Desigualdad salarial por género en Ecuador período 2018 -2022.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to carry out a study on the evolution of wage inequality by gender in Ecuador during the years 2018 to 2022, for which data was obtained from the National Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Survey (ENEMDU). Additionally, the SPSS program was used for the selection of variables proposed by the Economist Jacob Mincer, in his theory of Human Capital, both in his normal and extended theory. In addition, STATA Statistical Software and the Oaxaca-Blinder Method were used to demonstrate inequality in salary income between men and women. The results obtained confirmed that the wage gap in Ecuador experienced a notable evolution in 2021, reaching a difference of 8% between groups of people, and in 2022, it reached a difference of 4.4% between men and women. These changes can be attributed to the effects of a considerable loss of jobs and greater competition for positions available for that period considered.