TY - JOUR
T1 - Decomposing Vietnamese gender equality in terms of wage distribution
AU - Vu, Tien M.
AU - Yamada, Hiroyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the following for their helpful comments and suggestions: Eva Sierminska, Yoko Niimi, Charles Yuji Horioka, Midori Wakabayashi, and participants from the Annual Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household, held in San Diego, California on 25 and 26 June 2017. This work was supported by: the Keio University Gijuku Academic Development Funds; the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, grant number 15H01950, 18K12784 a project grant from the Asian Growth Research Institute; and a grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Joint Usage/Research Centre at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
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© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - We decompose the gender wage gap in terms of wage distribution in Vietnam during 2002–2014 using two methods. The first method uses two estimated counterfactual distributions; the second uses an estimated recentred influence function. We focus on the formal sector and find evidence for a consistent gender wage gap, with the price of skills being the main contributor. In contrast, labour market discrimination does not have a crucial influence. Some gender equality gained by the distribution of skills can be explained by the rise in women's education and women's participation in specific industries, occupations and the growing private sector.
AB - We decompose the gender wage gap in terms of wage distribution in Vietnam during 2002–2014 using two methods. The first method uses two estimated counterfactual distributions; the second uses an estimated recentred influence function. We focus on the formal sector and find evidence for a consistent gender wage gap, with the price of skills being the main contributor. In contrast, labour market discrimination does not have a crucial influence. Some gender equality gained by the distribution of skills can be explained by the rise in women's education and women's participation in specific industries, occupations and the growing private sector.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-0106.12269
DO - 10.1111/1468-0106.12269
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047495546
SN - 1361-374X
VL - 23
SP - 705
EP - 731
JO - Pacific Economic Review
JF - Pacific Economic Review
IS - 5
ER -
