This work quantifies the percentage of wage discrimination attributable to the occupational segregation of women. A multiple choice occupational model is estimated. It is shown that women have a higher probability of being in the group made up of unskilled workers and other administrative personal and employees. It is found that wage discrimination is due mainly to intra-occupational wage differentials, although inter-occupational wage differentials are becoming increasingly important.

Keywords: wage discrimination, occupational segregation, multiple logit model.