Gender wage disparities in Egypt: Evidence from ELMPS 2006 and 2012

Biltagy, Marwa

doi:10.1016/j.qref.2018.11.010

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“…Among the informal self‐employed, the unobservable effects captured through the inverse Mills ratio are equally found to have a net reducing effect on the gender earnings gap. In line with Biltagy (2019), these unobserved effects are attributable to the net outcome of noncognitive abilities, societal norms, or psychological characteristics that drive labor market choices and account for a chunk of the gender earnings gap. These unobserved variables appear to play a key role in favor of women in the informal sector as a whole and among informal self‐employed individuals.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Studies with similar findings include Hoyos et al. (2010) for Columbia, Wang and Cai (2008) for China, Koissy‐Kpein (2012) for Mali, Anyanwu and Augustine (2013) for Africa, and Biltagy (2019) for Egypt. Cudeville and Gurbuzer (2010), using the 2003 Turkish data, found that a greater portion of the gender wage disparity in the Turkish labor market is due to discrimination.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Research on gender differentials has soared in developing countries in the past decade with an emphasis on the labor market as a whole, on the factors hindering women's access to formal employment, and on the gender earnings gap prevailing in the formal labor market (Aderemi & Alley, 2019; Baye et al., 2016; Biltagy, 2019). While the earnings gap between men and women has been well researched in the formal segment of the labor market, in the informal segment, empirical evidences on the extent of the gender earnings gap are still scanty (Chant & Pedwell, 2008).…”

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Earnings gap between men and women in the informal labor market in Cameroon

Wirba

Akem

Baye

2021

Review Development Economics

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This paper investigates the extent of gender earnings gap among informal labor market workers in Cameroon. We have used the 2010 employment and informal sector survey, the Heckman two‐step bivariate selection model, and the Neuman–Oaxaca–Ransom decomposition framework to address these concerns. We find that, compared to men, women are more likely to make the joint decision of participating in the labor market and choosing informal work. Findings also reveal that among informal workers, male workers have an earnings premium over their female counterparts. Returns to informal labor market experience are solidly consistent in narrowing the gender earnings gap. Among the self‐employed workers, male workers also enjoy an earnings premium. However, when the inverse Mills ratio is decomposed, the overall and the self‐employed gender discrimination virtually disappears. Meanwhile, female wage earners enjoy a wage premium and have an unambiguous education‐based advantage over their male counterparts. The implications of these findings support the wisdom that promoting the human capital development of the girl child would play a vital role in alleviating gender‐based differentials by eroding sociocultural conventions and advancing women's agency.

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Earnings gap between men and women in the informal labor market in Cameroon

Wirba

Akem

Baye

2021

Review Development Economics

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“…Dimana upah orang-orang yang kurang berpendidikan sedikit lebih rendah dari pada upah pekerja dalam pekerjaan yang sama tetapi dengan tingkat pendidikan yang dibutuhkan untuk pekerjaan itu, maka upah yang diterima relatif lebih tinggi. Biltagy (2018) menemukan faktor lain yang mempengaruhi upah, yaitu perbedaan gender. Upah bulanan riil lebih tinggi untuk laki-laki dari pada perempuan dan kesenjangan upah menurun dari 25% pada tahun 2006 menjadi 21% pada tahun 2012.…”

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“…Kebijakan investasi pemerintah ini seperti subsidi untuk upah terampil dan potongan pajak untuk industri berketerampilan tinggi perkotaan. Biltagy (2018) menjelaskan bahwa upah bulanan riil lebih tinggi untuk laki-laki dari pada perempuan dan kesenjangan upah menurun dari 25% pada tahun 2006 menjadi 21% pada tahun 2012. Hal ini dikaitkan dengan peningkatan upah pekerja di pasar tenaga kerja di luar negeri.…”

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Analisis Determinan Tingkat Upah di Sumatera Barat

Febryanti

Putri

2020

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This study aims to determine: (1) The effect of employment status on wage levels in West Sumatra. (2) The effect of education level on wage levels in West Sumatra. (3) Effect of gender on wage rates in West Sumatra. This type of research is descriptive and associative research. The type of data used in this study is the 2018 National Labor Force Survey (SAKERNAS) in West Sumatra Province sourced from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of West Sumatra Province. The method used in this study is the Logistic Regression Analysis Method. The results of the study show that: (1) Employment status with an unspecified time agreement has a significant positive effect on wage levels in West Sumatra, a certain time agreement has a positive and significant effect on wage levels in West Sumatra and an oral agreement has a negative and not significant effect on wage levels in West Sumatra. (2) The level of education has a positive and significant effect on wage levels in West Sumatra. (3) Sex has a positive and significant effect on wage rates in West Sumatra. From the results of this study, it is recommended to the Government of the Province of West Sumatra to set a Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) according to a decent standard of living and provide strict sanctions to companies both private or government institutions that do not pay labor wages in accordance with the Minimum Wage Provibsi (UMP) in West Sumatra. This is done to improve the welfare of workers in the Province of West Sumatra.

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Introduction to “Insights into Egypt’s Strategy to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030: Researchers’ Contributions”

Omran¹,

Negm²

2022

Sustainable Development Goals Series

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Gender wage disparities in Egypt: Evidence from ELMPS 2006 and 2012

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Earnings gap between men and women in the informal labor market in Cameroon

Earnings gap between men and women in the informal labor market in Cameroon

Analisis Determinan Tingkat Upah di Sumatera Barat

Introduction to “Insights into Egypt’s Strategy to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030: Researchers’ Contributions”

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