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We use conditional instrumental variables quantile regression to estimate the effect of occupational segregation by sex in the average working wage for Argentina between 2016-2020, using the Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (eph) database. The results show that a 10 percent points rise in women’s share in a specific occupation decreases the overall average working wage for that occupation by 0.50 %. Additionally, we see that the magnitude of the impact varies depending on the percentile of the conditional wage distribution, where we see higher effects in the low quantile percentile.

Federico Favata, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina)

Centro de Investigaciones Macroeconómicas para el Desarrollo (EEyN, UNSAM).

Sofía Zamparo , Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina)

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)

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