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Gender Pay and Occupational‐Attainment Gaps in Costa Rica and El Salvador: A Relative Comparison of the Late 1980s

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  • Alberto Dávila
  • José A. Pagán

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This study investigates gender occupational attainment and earnings differentials in El Salvador and Costa Rica at the end of the 1980s. During this decade, El Salvador experienced a civil war and an economic depression. Costa Rica was also mired in a recession in the early 1980s, but programs adopted in the mid‐1980s led to rapid economic recovery. It is found that the gender pay gap in El Salvador is 30.4% and 23.6% in Costa Rica. The intercountry difference in the gap disappears after accounting for high gender differences in occupational attainment and hours worked in El Salvador.

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  • Alberto Dávila & José A. Pagán, 1999. "Gender Pay and Occupational‐Attainment Gaps in Costa Rica and El Salvador: A Relative Comparison of the Late 1980s," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 3(2), pages 215-230, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:3:y:1999:i:2:p:215-230
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00063
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