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Earnings and gender wage gap in Lebanon: the role of the human and social capital

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  • Nasri Harb
  • Tony Rouhana

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This paper investigates the earning function and the gender wage gap in Lebanon using human and social capital covariates. The study uses a randomly collected sample from the Lebanese working population in the greater Beirut area applying the counterfactual decomposition and the generalized quantile regressions. Most of the results support previous research which concludes that the human and social capital indicators have a significant impact on earnings and that the wage gap is mainly due to structural effect. Moreover, the results show evidence of quicksand and glass ceiling effects that limit female income.

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  • Nasri Harb & Tony Rouhana, 2020. "Earnings and gender wage gap in Lebanon: the role of the human and social capital," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(44), pages 4834-4849, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:52:y:2020:i:44:p:4834-4849
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1745750
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    1. Madhurima Basu & Anubha Shekhar Sinha, 2021. "The Glass-Ceiling Phenomenon: A Literature Review and Research AgendaAbstract: In a patriarchal society with values that are mostly male-dominated, it is indeed difficult for a woman to secure a deser," Working papers 425, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.
    2. Oussama Abi Younes & Leila Dagher & Ibrahim Jamali & Paul Makdissi, 2023. "Quantifying turbulence: Introducing a multi-crises impact index for Lebanon," Working Papers 2305E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    3. Madhurima Basu & Anubha Shekhar Sinha, 2021. "Unravelling the Glass Ceiling Phenomenon Using Critical Hermeneutics," Working papers 426, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.
    4. Paul Makdissi & Walid Marrouch & Myra Yazbeck, 2022. "Monitoring Poverty in a Data Deprived Environment: The Case of Lebanon," Working Papers 2022-014, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.

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