A relação de gênero e renda no Brasil - 2019

Abstract

The present work aims to present a study on the relationship of gender and income in Brazil in the year 2019, through economic theories and descriptive and econometric analyses. Data were extracted from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of the year 2019, factors such as: sex, age, education and years of experience of workers in the labor market were raised to assess and identify gender discrimination in the market. of Brazilian work in the period under analysis. After performing the descriptive analysis, the econometric estimate was carried out using the method of ordinary least squares (OLS), for which the dependent variable income was used and the explanatory variables classified by productive characteristics such as: education, years of experience and accumulation of capital; and non-productive characteristics such as gender and race. As a result, it was found that there is gender inequality between men and women, where color also contributes to the increase in gender discrimination.