Salary differences because of gender during the unimpeded development of the Franco years

Abstract

This article aims to analyse salary differences for reasons of gender in the different sectors of the Spanish economy during the unimpeded development of Franco?s Spain (1960-1975). The first section reviews literature written about the reasons, in the history of economic thought, for such differences, with a view to establishing some hypothesis to explain them. The second and third sections specify the institutional framework of labour relations and the situation of women in the labour market during that period. The fourth section lists the different methods for observing the differences and occupational segregation. The fifth section takes the 1963-1975 Encuesta de Salarios to study the disintegrated evolution of gender salary differences by activity sectors and occupation, and the relationship between salary level, occupational segregation and salary differences is explored. The article ends with the main conclusions.