Discriminación de género en el mercado laboral: Una mirada desde los egresados de la Universidad Agraria-Ecuador

Discrimination affects all countries and limits the development of societies, Ecuador is no exception; Gender is considered a determining factor when it comes to getting a job. The objective of this study was to analyze gender discrimination in the labor market of graduates of the Faculty of Agricultural Economics of the Agrarian University of Ecuador, through the application of a semi-logarithmic model, together with Heckman’s bias correction. And the decomposition of Oaxaca-Blinder, the existence of salary gaps was evidenced. The study was non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional; the non-probabilistic design by quotas was used and considers a sample of 124 graduates. Among the main results, the existence of a salary gap between graduates of 8.4% was evidenced; where 56% is explained by unobservable factors attributable to discrimination. It is concluded that the years of education, experience, gender, age, level of education of the graduate, level of education of the father and the type of shift are significant determinants of income among graduates.