Gender Earnings Gaps in the World

This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are used to match males and females such that gender earnings...

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Main Authors:	Ñopo, Hugo, Daza, Nancy, Ramos, Johanna
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9114

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spelling	okr-10986-91142021-04-23T14:02:44Z Gender Earnings Gaps in the World Ñopo, Hugo Daza, Nancy Ramos, Johanna World Development Report 2012 This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same characteristics, as in Ñopo (2008). After comparing males and females with the same characteristics we found that the earnings gap falls on a range between 8% and 48% of average females' earnings, being more pronounced in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The unexplained earnings gaps are more pronounced among part-time workers and those with low education. 2012-06-26T15:38:51Z 2012-06-26T15:38:51Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9114 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa South Asia
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description	This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same characteristics, as in Ñopo (2008). After comparing males and females with the same characteristics we found that the earnings gap falls on a range between 8% and 48% of average females' earnings, being more pronounced in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The unexplained earnings gaps are more pronounced among part-time workers and those with low education.
author	Ñopo, Hugo Daza, Nancy Ramos, Johanna
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title	Gender Earnings Gaps in the World
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the World

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