1. Exploring gender differences in labor markets from the perspective of the task based approach.
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BRAMBILLA, IRENE, CÉSAR, ANDRÉS, FALCONE, GUILLERMO, and GASPARINI, LEONARDO
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WAGES , *GENDER differences (Sociology) , *GENDER wage gap , *EMPLOYMENT changes , *OCCUPATIONAL structure , *INCOME inequality , *JOB creation , *LABOR market , *WAGE differentials , *OCCUPATIONS , *EMPLOYMENT , *MIDDLE-aged women - Abstract
Using households survey microdata from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, we characterize changes in employment and wages between the mid-2000s and the late-2010s emphasizing the gender dimension from the viewpoint of the task-based approach. We employ surveys from PIAAC-OECD to study the task content of jobs and create an index of routine task content (RTC) of occupations. We document five facts: (i) The proportion of routine tasks is currently higher for women than for men. (ii) The employment structure is considerably more biased towards high-RTC jobs in Latin America than in OECD countries, for both genders. (iii) There was an increase in the employment participation of low-RTC jobs during the period under study, mainly driven by movements in the occupational structure of women, especially the young and middle-aged. (iv) Wage gains were relatively higher in high-RTC occupations, with this pattern more pronounced for men than for women. (v) While there was a modest reduction in the gender wage gap, the decline was stronger in computer-intensive occupations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023