Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya

Using data from Kenya, the determinants of gender differences in the overall distribution of earnings are estimated as part of explaining the positive association between the return to measured and unmeasured human capital attributes as formalised by human capital theory (Mincer in 'Schooling E...

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Main Authors:	Agesa, Richard U., Agesa, Jacqueline, Dabalen, Andrew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Wage Level and Structure Wage Differentials J310 Labor Discrimination J710 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5410

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description	Using data from Kenya, the determinants of gender differences in the overall distribution of earnings are estimated as part of explaining the positive association between the return to measured and unmeasured human capital attributes as formalised by human capital theory (Mincer in 'Schooling Experience, and Earnings', New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, Columbia University Press, 1974). The Kenyan data allows us to demonstrate that males possess relatively more human capital, and once gender differences in measured and unmeasured skills are accounted for, males receive relatively higher returns to both their measured and unmeasured human capital attributes. These findings support the notion that gender differences in the return to human capital trigger male and female earnings differences in Kenya.
format	Journal Article
author	Agesa, Richard U. Agesa, Jacqueline Dabalen, Andrew
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title	Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya
title_short	Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya
title_full	Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya
title_fullStr	Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed	Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya
title_sort	changes in wage distributions, wage gaps and wage inequality by gender in kenya
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Changes in Wage Distributions, Wage Gaps and Wage Inequality by Gender in Kenya

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