Women in Latin America earn less than men, although they are more educated.

Regarding the last note, today we presente a study by the Inter-American Development Bank called "New Century, Old Disparities". The study analyzes the wage gap between men and women in Latin America and the main results are:

- Although women have more years of education than men , are still concentrated in lower paid occupations such as teaching, health care or the service sector.
- Men earn 17% more than women in Latin America, when comparing men and women of the same age and the educational level.
- The wage gap has been decreasing in recent years, but at a pace that remains slow.
- It is essential to change household roles and stereotypes to attaining gender equality in the labor market.

                                               Source: Extracted from the IDB article.

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