Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?

This paper relies on a simple framework to understand the gender wage gap in Macedonia, and simulates how the gender wage gap would behave after the introduction of a minimum wage. First, it presents a new - albeit simple - decomposition of the wag...

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Main Author:	Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGE GROUP ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COMPETITIVE MARKET CONTRIBUTIONS DISCRIMINATION DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATED WOMEN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATES ENDOWMENTS EXCLUSION FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORKERS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER WAGE GAPS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ASSESSMENT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOW EMPLOYMENT MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY RESPONSIBILITIES SAFETY SALARY SERVANTS SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WOMEN SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE COUNCILS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPERSION WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WAGE INCREASE WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE POLICY WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGE SET WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORKING HOURS WORKING WOMEN
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spelling	okr-10986-63442021-04-23T14:02:30Z Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap? Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. AGE GROUP ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COMPETITIVE MARKET CONTRIBUTIONS DISCRIMINATION DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATED WOMEN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATES ENDOWMENTS EXCLUSION FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORKERS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER WAGE GAPS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ASSESSMENT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOW EMPLOYMENT MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY RESPONSIBILITIES SAFETY SALARY SERVANTS SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WOMEN SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE COUNCILS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPERSION WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WAGE INCREASE WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE POLICY WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGE SET WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORKING HOURS WORKING WOMEN This paper relies on a simple framework to understand the gender wage gap in Macedonia, and simulates how the gender wage gap would behave after the introduction of a minimum wage. First, it presents a new - albeit simple - decomposition of the wage gap into three factors: (i) a wage level factor, which measures the extent to which the gender gap is driven by differences in wage levels among low-skilled workers of opposite sex; (ii) a skills endowment factor, which quantifies the extent to which the gender wage gap is driven by the difference in the share of high-skilled workers by gender; and (iii) returns to education, which measures the extent to which the gender gap is driven by differences by gender in returns to education. Second, the paper presents simple set of simulations that indicate that the introduction of a minimum wage in Macedonia could contribute to decrease the gender wage gap by up to 23 percent. Nevertheless, in order to significantly improve the wage gap, a rather high minimum wage may be required, which may contribute to reductions in employment. 2012-05-24T14:50:09Z 2012-05-24T14:50:09Z 2008-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10108928/can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap-can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6344 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4795 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of North Macedonia (Formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
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topic	AGE GROUP ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COMPETITIVE MARKET CONTRIBUTIONS DISCRIMINATION DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATED WOMEN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATES ENDOWMENTS EXCLUSION FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORKERS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER WAGE GAPS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ASSESSMENT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOW EMPLOYMENT MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY RESPONSIBILITIES SAFETY SALARY SERVANTS SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WOMEN SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE COUNCILS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPERSION WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WAGE INCREASE WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE POLICY WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGE SET WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORKING HOURS WORKING WOMEN
spellingShingle	AGE GROUP ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COMPETITIVE MARKET CONTRIBUTIONS DISCRIMINATION DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATED WOMEN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATES ENDOWMENTS EXCLUSION FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORKERS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER WAGE GAPS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ASSESSMENT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOW EMPLOYMENT MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY RESPONSIBILITIES SAFETY SALARY SERVANTS SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WOMEN SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE COUNCILS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPERSION WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WAGE INCREASE WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE POLICY WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGE SET WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORKING HOURS WORKING WOMEN Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of North Macedonia (Formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4795
description	This paper relies on a simple framework to understand the gender wage gap in Macedonia, and simulates how the gender wage gap would behave after the introduction of a minimum wage. First, it presents a new - albeit simple - decomposition of the wage gap into three factors: (i) a wage level factor, which measures the extent to which the gender gap is driven by differences in wage levels among low-skilled workers of opposite sex; (ii) a skills endowment factor, which quantifies the extent to which the gender wage gap is driven by the difference in the share of high-skilled workers by gender; and (iii) returns to education, which measures the extent to which the gender gap is driven by differences by gender in returns to education. Second, the paper presents simple set of simulations that indicate that the introduction of a minimum wage in Macedonia could contribute to decrease the gender wage gap by up to 23 percent. Nevertheless, in order to significantly improve the wage gap, a rather high minimum wage may be required, which may contribute to reductions in employment.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
author_facet	Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
author_sort	Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
title	Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?
title_short	Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?
title_full	Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?
title_fullStr	Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?
title_full_unstemmed	Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?
title_sort	can the introduction of a minimum wage in fyr macedonia decrease the gender wage gap?
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10108928/can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap-can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6344
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Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?

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