Desigualdad laboral de género en Latinoamérica

Abstract

Abstract: Gender inequality is today a problem that affects all nations in the world to a greater or lesser extent. This has a serious effect on the female gender, creating and maintaining both economic and social gaps, which negatively affect the entire society, especially in the poorest regions such as Latin America. It is for this reason that this project seeks to analyze gender inequality in Latin America, by reviewing the literature on the subject, analyzing current information on the labor market in Latin American countries, and performing mean difference statistical tests to determine the existence of a wage gap between men and women. The results allowed us to know that the labor gap between men and women has been decreasing, although as of 2020 the challenges for female inclusion will resume. Countries in the region such as Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay have made efforts to combat the lack of participation of women in the labor market. In this way, it was still possible to find gender differences in wages, which leads to considering the different factors that generate gender disparities in society.