Artigo



Dados vol. 51 n. 2 Rio de Janeiro 2008

Classe social e desigualdade de gênero no Brasil

Santos, José Alcides Figueiredo

Resumo

This article investigates the hypothesis that gender inequality in income in Brazil is influenced by the social class context. Class order and occupational segregation act as relevant factors in gender inequality. The effect of social class on the gender wage gap, although less pronounced as compared to interactions between class and race, plays an important "moderating" role on gender disparity, particularly by accentuating the gap in the case of capitalists, managers, and holders of professional qualifications (as assets) and attenuating them in the case of ordinary workers. The study identifies sharp inequality in gender treatment that appears to supersede the inequality in access to valuable contexts and resources, representing a direct effect of gender.

Palavras-chave: gender inequality; social class; interactions between class and gender; gender wage gap; Generalized Linear Model.

DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582008000200005

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Classe social e desigualdade de gênero no Brasil