Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on the Wage Gap Among Farmworkers in Northwestern Mexico

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2339
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farmworkers, gender and race wage gap, discrimination, Northwest region, Mexico.

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Omar Stabridis
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, sede Tijuana, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9070-6311
Cecilia Salgado-Viveros
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, sede Tijuana, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3575-0082

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the effect of gender and ethnicity on the gender wage gap among farmworkers in the northwest region of Mexico, based on the 2020 census sample. By employing matching estimates and Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA) models, the effects on the mean and throughout the wage distribution of the sample are studied. It is observed that, in relation to gender and ethnicity, these are negative, especially when considered simultaneously, since among indigenous farmworkers, it is women who have the worst salaries. For women there are conditions of both a “sticky floor” and a “glass ceiling,” and for men only the second. The results indicate that part of this difference can be interpreted as a result of discrimination.

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Stabridis, O., & Salgado-Viveros, C. . (2023). Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on the Wage Gap Among Farmworkers in Northwestern Mexico. Frontera Norte, 35. https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2339
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Author Biography

Cecilia Salgado-Viveros, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, sede Tijuana, México

Cecilia Salgado Viveros es licenciada en antropología social por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa y maestra en la misma disciplina por la Universidad Iberoamericana-Ciudad de México. Es doctora en Ciencia Social con especialidad en Sociología por El Colegio de México. Su investigación se ha enfocado en contextos rurales, particularmente con grupos de origen campesino, considerando los procesos de cambio y la precariedad, la desigualdad y la pobreza como factores transversales. Ha privilegiado los grupos domésticos y familiares como unidad de análisis, haciendo la distinción por género, edad y generación. Actualmente es posdoctorante CONACYT en el Departamento de Estudios Culturales de El Colegio de la Frontera Norte.

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