Sources of the persistent gender wage gap along the unconditional earnings distribution : findings from Kenya (English)

Past studies on gender wage inequality in Africa typically attribute the gender pay gap either to gender differences in characteristics or in the return to characteristics. Authors suggest however that this understanding of the two sources may be far too general and possibly overlook the underlying covariates that drive the gender wage gap. Moreover, past studies focus on the gender wage gap exclusively at the conditional mean. Authors go further...

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Agesa, Jacqueline;

Agesa, Richard U.;

Dabalen,Andrew L.;
Document Date
2013/01/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
79022
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/06/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Sources of the persistent gender wage gap along the unconditional earnings distribution : findings from Kenya
Keywords
female workers

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Agesa, Jacqueline; Agesa, Richard U.; Dabalen,Andrew L..

Sources of the persistent gender wage gap along the unconditional earnings distribution : findings from Kenya (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/722001528786625290

Sources of the persistent gender wage gap along the unconditional earnings distribution : findings from Kenya (English)

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