Wage differentials by gender and color: a comparison between Brazilian metropolitan regions

ABSTRACT The study analyses the wage differences behavior considering gender and race in the Brazilian metropolitan areas. Based on a sample from PNAD (1989) were empirically examined the pattern of the wage differences in the metropolitan areas in general and afterwards was made a regional comparison. Restressing previous researches, this paper reveals that, in average, either the men wages are higher than the women as well as those received by white people are superior than the blacks. Even after the realization a series of controls, such as: age, scholarship, place of living and race (gender). The gender differences revealed to be more homogeneous among the regions rather than the race differences.

摘要 本研究聚焦巴西大都市区，分析考量性别与种族因素的薪资差异表现。本研究基于1989年全国住户抽样调查（PNAD）的样本数据，先对巴西大都市区整体的薪资差异模式开展实证检验，随后进行区域间对比分析。在梳理既往相关研究后，本文揭示核心结论：平均而言，男性薪资显著高于女性，且白人薪资亦显著高于黑人；即便控制了年龄、受教育程度、居住地、性别与种族等一系列变量后，该结论依然成立。相较于种族薪资差异，各区域间的性别薪资差异表现更为趋同。