This paper studies the decomposition of the gender earnings gap in the Brazilian labor market using microdata from the 2010 Brazilian census. Counter‐intuitively we find that the gender earnings gap in favor of males widens with increased GDP per capita. Firstly, we find that females present higher schooling than males, which is consistent with the higher return to schooling among females. Secondly, the effect of the female schooling advantage on income is magnified by the local level of income inequality. Thirdly, through decomposition, we obtain the component due to discrimination (or any factor independent of schooling that undervalues female characteristics) against women. Finally, the explanation for the counter‐intuitive result is that while gender discrimination reduces with GDP per capita, somehow the level of income inequality reduces more quickly, resulting in a gender earnings gap that widens with increased GDP per capita.

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巴西性别收入差距的区域差异：发展，歧视和不平等

本文使用2010年巴西人口普查的微观数据研究了巴西劳动力市场性别收入差距的分解情况。与直觉相反，我们发现，随着人均GDP的增加，有利于男性的性别收入差距也在扩大。首先，我们发现女性的受教育程度高于男性，这与女性的受教育程度较高相符。其次，当地的收入差距扩大了女性受教育优势对收入的影响。第三，通过分解，我们得到了对妇女的歧视（或任何与教育无关的因素，低估了女性特征）。最后，对违反直觉的结果的解释是，尽管性别歧视随着人均GDP的降低而减少，