Can Minimum Wages Close the Gender Wage Gap? : Evidence from Indonesia

Can Minimum Wages Close the Gender Wage Gap? : Evidence from Indonesia

Using manufacturing plant-level census data, this paper demonstrates that minimum wage increases in Indonesia reduced gender wage gaps among production workers, with heterogeneous impacts by level of education and position of the firm in the wage d...

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Main Authors: Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Rijkers, Bob, Waxman, Andrew
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
JOBS
GENDER IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
WAGE EFFECT
WAGE GAP
PRODUCTION
EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
PLANT’ PRODUCTIVITY
WAGE COMPRESSION
SKILLED WORKERS
INFORMAL SECTOR
MINIMUM WAGE
FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS
INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
INFORMATION
LABOR FORCE
DISCRIMINATION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
JOB
EFFECTS
WAGE INCREASES
LABOR ECONOMICS
WAGE LEVEL
FIRM SIZE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
REAL WAGES
GENDER WAGE GAPS
LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
WAGE GROWTH
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
PAID WORKERS
MALE WORKERS
WORK EXPERIENCE
PRODUCTION PROCESS
LABOR MARKET
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
WAGE BILL
GENDER GAP
TRAINING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
FIRM LEVEL
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
BARGAINING POWER
WORKER
PREVIOUS STUDIES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY
WAGE DISPERSION
MARKETS
ORGANIZATIONS
JOB TRAINING
LABOR
PRIMARY SCHOOL
WAGE INCREASE
MINIMUM WAGES
WAGE GAINS
UNEMPLOYMENT
AVERAGE WAGES
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
HUMAN CAPITAL
GENDER GAPS
FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
SEX DIFFERENCES
WORKERS
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
WAGES
POLICIES
WHO
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
PRODUCTION WORKERS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
TOTAL WAGE
WAGE INEQUALITY
VALUE
AVERAGE WAGE
GENDER
WAGE DATA
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
OCCUPATIONS
FEMALE WORKERS
OCCUPATION
STD
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
PRODUCTIVE FIRMS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
LABOR RELATIONS
EARNING
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
ECONOMICS
WAGE POLICY
LABOR ORGANIZATION
INVESTMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
PRODUCTION WORKER
CRISES
BARGAINING
SUPPLY
EMPLOYEE
WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
LAW
PROPORTION OF WOMEN
WAGE EFFECTS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
GENDER COMPOSITION
UNSKILLED WORKERS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
WOMEN
WAGE DISTRIBUTION
LABOUR
LABOR MARKETS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
INEQUALITY
EMPLOYEES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24775844/can-minimum-wages-close-gender-wage-gap-evidence-indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22449

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24775844/can-minimum-wages-close-gender-wage-gap-evidence-indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22449

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