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Table 2 Labor market indicators

From: Gender and ethnic inequalities in LAC countries

 

Total

Ethnic origin

Gender

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

Variables

All

Indigenous

Non-Indig

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Bolivia

 

Working hours

43.93

43.82

44.12

47.06

37.40

46.38

38.09

48.11

36.33

Hourly wage

5.94

5.12

7.33

5.80

6.23

5.01

5.37

7.21

7.56

Labor force participation rate

78.83

80.26

76.50

96.02

57.07

96.02

58.68

96.02

54.73

Ecuador

 

Working hours

42.20

39.92

42.38

45.30

36.48

42.05

35.79

45.56

36.53

Hourly wage

1.38

0.93

1.42

1.43

1.30

0.97

0.84

1.47

1.34

Labor force participation rate

86.92

74.44

88.09

96.24

73.73

95.29

52.32

96.32

76.11

Guatemala

 

Working hours

43.67

41.25

44.98

47.83

33.83

45.38

29.70

49.26

35.70

Hourly wage

7.24

5.48

8.198

7.29

7.11

5.65

5.01

8.25

8.07

Labor force participation rate

50.89

46.66

53.52

73.38

29.52

68.39

24.73

76.64

32.36

  1. Notes.- Sample: individuals aged between 20 and 70 years living in nuclear families.
  2. Wages are shown in local currency, Peso Boliviano, American Dollar, Quetzales.
  3. Labor force participation rate: number of working individuals divided by the number of people in the sample.