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Recent trends in the gender gap in the labor market in the Philippines

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  • Mitzie Irene P. Conchada

    (De La Salle University)

  • Dominique Hannah A. Sy

    (De La Salle University)

  • Marites M. Tiongco

    (De La Salle University)

  • Alfredo R. Paloyo

    (University of Wollongong)

Abstract

TWe use linear and nonlinear decomposition methods to explore recent trends in male-female differentials in labor market performance in the Philippines. Using the 2018 Labor Force Survey, we calculate an unadjusted wage gap of 5.77 percent, an employment rate gap of 0.36 percentage points, and a labor force participation rate gap of 19 percentage points. We provide further context by showing the evolution of these figures over time (2002-2018), which indicates that women generally perform worse in the labor market than men as measured by the pay gap and the gap in labor force participation (LFP). The decomposition exercise reveals that the pay and LFP-rate differentials are largely due to women receiving lower returns to their observable characteristics relative to men. The gender gap in employment status is not significant.

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  • Mitzie Irene P. Conchada & Dominique Hannah A. Sy & Marites M. Tiongco & Alfredo R. Paloyo, 2019. "Recent trends in the gender gap in the labor market in the Philippines," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 56(1 and 2), pages 173-186, June and .
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:56:y:2019:i:1and2:p:173-186
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    Keywords

    Philippines; gender gap; discrimination; decomposition;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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