| dc.description.abstract | In recent years, the importance of understanding the evolution of income
distribution has gained relevance, especially among those located among the richest.
In Brazil, despite the reduction in labor income inequality as a whole and, in
particular between genders, inequalities persist. In this sense, the study seeks to
understand possible factors that hinder the professional rise of women located at
the top of the distribution of labor income, seeking to verify the presence (or not)
of the glass ceiling phenomenon in the country. For this, we use data from the National
Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of the Brazilian Institute of Geography
and Statistics (IBGE), from 2005 and 2015, correcting the possible selection bias of
women when participating in the labor market. In general, there is the existence of
glass ceiling in Brazil in the period as a whole. Although gender inequalities have
narrowed, the wage gap still persists. There is a reduction in the qualification differential
between genders, with women more qualified than men at the top income,
although with lower salary levels. In addition, the results show that being a black
worker, being the main financial person in charge of the household, and spending
monthly hours on significant household chores contribute to the glass ceiling. On
the other hand, higher accumulation of human capital, age, being inserted in the
informal sector or public administration, and living in metropolitan areas of the
Southeast, South and Federal District, contribute to the reduction of obstacles to
professional growth at the top income. | |
