Abstract

SALINAS-RODRIGUEZ, Derlis  and  GONZALEZ-BURGOS, Ana Paola. Possible explanations for high inactivity level of women between 21 and 50 years of age in Paraguay. 2021. Poblac.Desarro. [online]. 2022, vol.28, n.55, pp.59-70. ISSN 2076-054X.  https://doi.org/10.18004/pdfce/2076-054x/2022.028.55.059.

The enormous advances in women’s training and their interest in continuing to participate in the labor market could lead to the early disappearance of the traditional inequalities between women and men in the labor market. Still, the fact is that it has not occurred thus. In other words, the dramatic transformation of women’s labor supply has not translated into an equivalent improvement in their position in the labor market. If you look at the different inequality indicators, you see that the situation has evolved, but the data are stubborn and the differences persistent. And these inequalities seem more unjust today than yesterday, precisely because of the enormous effort made by women, says Larrañaga (2005). Decent work deficits and gender inequality gaps persist in labor participation, occupational segregation, income, job insecurity, women’s participation in decision-making positions, influence and power, and the distribution of unpaid time spent by men and women caring for the family. This paper proposes a quantitative methodology using the data presented in the Permanent Comparable Household Survey of 2021, focused on the age group of 21 to 50 years. This paper aims to analyze and highlight the differen ces between men and women in the labor market and to find the main factors that determine the inequality gap in the inactivity rate or what situations or data may contribute to explaining the high percentage of inactivity in women between 21 and 50 years of age compared to men. On average, women between the ages of 21 and 50 have a 24% higher inactivity rate than men.

Keywords : Paraguay; inactivity; women; inequality.

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