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Has the gender wage gap narrowed or widened in a decade? Some recent evidence from the Turkish labor market

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  • Fulden Kömüryakan

    (Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University)

  • Metehan Yılgör

    (Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University)

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The principal objective of this study is to determine the variation in the gender wage gap in the last decade of the Turkish labor market and to reveal possible factors driving the wage disparities. The data set covers the Household Budget Statistics surveys 2009 and 2018. In order to prevent biased results, the empirical strategy contains a two-stage model estimation and selectivity corrected decomposition approach. The findings claim a widening gender wage gap over the 10 years period. The portion of the gender wage gap resulting from the labor market discrimination tends to increase whereas the wage gap based on gender differences in characteristics decreases. Despite the decrease, if the female employees had the same characteristics as males, their mean wages would be higher. Moreover, the gender wage gap attributable to gender discrimination in the labor market continues to increase.

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  • Fulden Kömüryakan & Metehan Yılgör, 2021. "Has the gender wage gap narrowed or widened in a decade? Some recent evidence from the Turkish labor market," Journal of Applied Microeconometrics, Holistence Publications, vol. 1(1), pages 1-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:jle:joujam:v:1:y:2021:i:1:p:1-17
    DOI: 10.53753/jame.1.1.01
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    Keywords

    Mincer wage equation; gender wage gap; sample selection model; labor force participation; selectivity corrected decomposition; Turkey;
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    JEL classification:

    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
    • C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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