Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Ethiopia
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Keywords
Occupational segregation; gender wage gap; unconditional quantile regression; Ethiopia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2024-03-04 (Development)
- NEP-GEN-2024-03-04 (Gender)
- NEP-LAB-2024-03-04 (Labour Economics)
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