Women still have 28% less income than men

Since the year 2000, women began to study more than men, leading a larger number of homes and businesses. But wage inequality between men and women continues to be problem. The difference in the labour market is more pronounced between the positions of Chief and the richest regions of the country, as shown by the data of the Brazilian Institute of geography and statistics (IBGE). The disparity of income between men and women until has been dropping slowly over the years. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the average income usually received in a month by men (R $2,327) was 35% higher than that of women (R $1,719). This difference retreated to 32% in the same period in 2014; the 29.9% in 2016 and to 28.8% in the fourth quarter of 2018 (R $2,416 for men and $1,875 for women R). What draws attention is that in the richest regions of the South and Southeast Brazil, as the income inequality between genders is greater than in the North, Midwest and Northeast, reaching up to 34% compared to 16%. According to the Chief Economist of the Institute of applied economic research (Ipea), Maria Andrea relative, the slightest inequality between men and women in northern Brazil is explained by the wages in those regions. "Wage levels are lower than in the other regions. People earning minimum wage and demote the gain would remove a lot of the attractiveness of women to the labour market ".