As desigualdades salariais de acordo com o gênero e etnia no setor calçadista do rio grande do sul

Abstract

Throughout history, the labor market has had a significant impact on the social and economic life of individuals, in relation to the production of goods and services, individual achievement and economic autonomy, which consequently structures society as a whole. The insertion of women into the labor market occurred precisely in the period between World War I and World War II, since most of the men went to the battlefield and someone had to take over the family business. The present study has as a problem the female insertion in the labor market in the footwear sector of Rio Grande do Sul / RS between the years 2006 and 2017 in order to verify the decreases in the wage inequality. The general objective of this research is to analyze the industry in the shoe sector in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, aiming at the gender and color wage gap between the years 2006 and 2017. This work used descriptive research, with characteristic the description of the specialties of a certain population, as well as the quantitative method for several statistical techniques quantifying the information of the study, and to identify possible relations between variables. It is notorious that inequalities exist in different parts of the labor market, so it is important to make a cut for the analysis to be more specific of some sector relevant to the economy, in this sense, the sector chosen for this analysis is the industry of the footwear industry in Rio Grande do Sul, with a focus on gender and color, between 2006 and 2017. It has been verified that the footwear industry has historically faced many transformations after the commercial opening. These changes brought to the sector many changes, as investments in technology were necessary. The new industries already possessed these technologies, allowing the cheapness in the shoes, because they possessed their new machines leading toproduce more with lower cost their products.