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Gender Wage and Employment Gaps in the Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Sectors

verfasst von : Melaku Abegaz, Gibson Nene

Erschienen in: The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter reviews empirical studies on the examination of wage inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and provides theoretical background on market discrimination. Besides, it presents descriptive statistics addressing disparities in the labor market and human development outcomes. The descriptive statistics indicate significant gaps in employment and human development achievements with a declining trend over the past years. Moreover, the empirical review shows a significant amount of wage gap, which is higher in the informal and self-employment sectors. A large proportion of the gap remained unexplained by worker and job characteristics, reflecting rampant labor market discrimination against women. Selection across sectors, occupations, and firms and human capital differences in education and experience account for the majority of the explained wage gaps.

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Titel: Gender Wage and Employment Gaps in the Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Sectors
verfasst von: Melaku Abegaz
Gibson Nene
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-75555-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-75556-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75556-0_36

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