Capítulo 7. Brecha salarial de género por regiones en México.: Un estudio de regresión cuantil.

Authors

Dayna Priscila Saldaña Zepeda
Universidad de Colima
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-3889
Mayrén Polanco Gaytán
Universidad de Colima
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0955-0733

Synopsis

This chapter examines the gender wage gap across Mexican regions and along the income distribution using quantile regression. Drawing on microdata from the third quarter of the 2023 ENOE (73,771 urban workers aged 15–65), it models the logarithm of monthly earnings as a function of marital status, motherhood, and their interaction, controlling for education and formality, with regions defined by median income. Results show a marriage premium for men and a significant motherhood penalty for women, intensified when living with a partner in most regions. Informality and low schooling strongly depress earnings, while postgraduate returns vary by region and quantile

Author Biographies

Dayna Priscila Saldaña Zepeda, Universidad de Colima

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-3889

Dayna Priscila Saldaña Zepeda has a PhD in Socioeconomics, Statistics, and Computing from Colegio de Postgraduados. She is a research professor and Coordinator of the master’s degree Program in Development Management at the Faculty of Economy of the University of Colima and a member of the National System of Researchers (level I). She has recognition of a PRODEP Desirable Profile and is also a member of the Estudios en Ciencia Económica y Financiera Aplicadas Academic Body, and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). Her lines of research are: General Economy and Applied Economy in Topics regarding Labor Economics and Gender Gaps, Using Specialized Software of Free Use.

Mayrén Polanco Gaytán, Universidad de Colima

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0955-0733

Mayrén Polanco Gaytán has a PhD in Science and Technology Policy from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. She is a research professor at the Faculty of Economy of the University of Colima and a member National System of Researchers (level II), as well as an evaluator for the National Council Economic Science (Conace) and a member of the International Schumpeter Society and of the editorial committee for the Problemas del Desarrollo (Development Problems) Journal of IIE-UNAM. Her lines of research are: Innovation Economy, Technological Development and Change, Digital Economy, Productivity and Employment; Industrialization and Innovation in Higher Learning.  

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Published

February 18, 2026

How to Cite

Saldaña Zepeda, D. P. ., & Polanco Gaytán, M. (2026). Capítulo 7. Brecha salarial de género por regiones en México.: Un estudio de regresión cuantil. In V. H. Torres Preciado, Y. Carbajal Suárez, & L. de J. Almonte, Economic Growth, Labor, Innovation, and Regional Inequality in Mexico (pp. 195-220). University of Colima. https://www.libros.ucol.mx/index.php/dgp/catalog/book/233/chapter/263