What explains the gender gap in top incomes in developing countries?: Evidence from Ecuador

Nicolás Oliva, H. Xavier Jara and Pia Rattenhuber

No wp-2021-109, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Based on tax records data from Ecuador, we analyse gender differences in top income groups from 2008 to 2017. Ecuador represents an interesting case as it shares many trends with other countries in the region in terms of women's status in the labour market. While we observe a significant increase in the share of women at the top of the income distribution during this period, women remain underrepresented in top income groups, at 38.7 per cent in the top 10 per cent income group and 22.8 per cent in the top 0.1 per cent income group.

Keywords: Top incomes; Gender inequality; Tax data; capital incomes; Ecuador; Administrative data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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