The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain

This Master’s thesis investigates the wage gap across demographic groups, classified by gender and migration status, alongside socioeconomic and labor market factors. The data from EU-SILC 2023, represents 42.14% of the Spanish labor force. We use the segregation index to examine the wage segregatio...

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Autor: Roshani, K. C.
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:wage gap
discrimination
segregation
inequality
immigrants
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spelling The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in SpainRoshani, K. C.wage gapdiscriminationsegregationinequalityimmigrantsThis Master’s thesis investigates the wage gap across demographic groups, classified by gender and migration status, alongside socioeconomic and labor market factors. The data from EU-SILC 2023, represents 42.14% of the Spanish labor force. We use the segregation index to examine the wage segregation level in region and employment sector across demographic groups, and econometric techniques for analysis of the wage gap. Then, we use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to dissect the wage gap into portions attributable to observable characteristics as explained and unexplained for non-attributable characteristics. Results reveal the presence of wage segregation across regions and the employment sector. The non-EU immigrants are concentrated in lower-wage sectors and native workers in higherpaying industries. The results econometric approach suggest that non-EU males and females earn 11.5% and 11.3% less, than their respective EU counterparts. Immigrants, primarily those from outside the European Union also face similar challenges. Only a small portion of the decomposed differences were explained with the decomposition, and the remaining unexplained portion could stem from potential discrimination. This underscores the need for targeted wage policies that reduce the wage gap by supporting integration.Lasso de la Vega Martínez, CasildaAristondo Echeberria, OihanaMáster Universitario en Economía: Aplicaciones Empíricas y PolíticasMaster in Economics: Empirical Applications and PoliciesEkonomia: Aplikazio Enpiriko eta Politikak Unibertsitate Masterra2025202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/73811reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésEspañolinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas (cc by-nc-nd)oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/738112026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
title The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
spellingShingle The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
Roshani, K. C.
wage gap
discrimination
segregation
inequality
immigrants
title_short The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
title_full The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
title_fullStr The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
title_full_unstemmed The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
title_sort The role of gender and migration status in the wage gap in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Roshani, K. C.
author Roshani, K. C.
author_facet Roshani, K. C.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Lasso de la Vega Martínez, Casilda
Aristondo Echeberria, Oihana
Máster Universitario en Economía: Aplicaciones Empíricas y Políticas
Master in Economics: Empirical Applications and Policies
Ekonomia: Aplikazio Enpiriko eta Politikak Unibertsitate Masterra
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv wage gap
discrimination
segregation
inequality
immigrants
topic wage gap
discrimination
segregation
inequality
immigrants
description This Master’s thesis investigates the wage gap across demographic groups, classified by gender and migration status, alongside socioeconomic and labor market factors. The data from EU-SILC 2023, represents 42.14% of the Spanish labor force. We use the segregation index to examine the wage segregation level in region and employment sector across demographic groups, and econometric techniques for analysis of the wage gap. Then, we use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to dissect the wage gap into portions attributable to observable characteristics as explained and unexplained for non-attributable characteristics. Results reveal the presence of wage segregation across regions and the employment sector. The non-EU immigrants are concentrated in lower-wage sectors and native workers in higherpaying industries. The results econometric approach suggest that non-EU males and females earn 11.5% and 11.3% less, than their respective EU counterparts. Immigrants, primarily those from outside the European Union also face similar challenges. Only a small portion of the decomposed differences were explained with the decomposition, and the remaining unexplained portion could stem from potential discrimination. This underscores the need for targeted wage policies that reduce the wage gap by supporting integration.
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