Discriminação como fonte de desigualdade de rendimentos no mercado de trabalho das Regiões Nordeste e Sudeste do Brasil

Abstract

This paper analyses the discrimination of wages by race and gender inside of the density of wage distributions according to sectors of occupation, comparing the Northeast and Southeast regions. For this aim, we use data from Pnad 2002 and a semi parametric method –weighted kernel estimator and another parametric – quantile regression. The first method showed grounded in counterfactual simulations that have discrimination against women and black workers in labor market in both regions, and this discrimination is higher for women. The kernel method provided a visually clear representation that discrimination against black workers is greater in the Southeast for all sectors, while it can not identify where discrimination against women is greater because it depend on the sector. The quantile regression showed that discrimination increases for higher wages.