Male-female labor market participation and the extent of gender-based wage discrimination in Turkey

Burak Günalp, Seyit Cilasun () and Elif Acar ()

No 2015-56, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries across the world, and most report a substantial amount of wage differential after adjusting for productivity differences. This differential has been attributed to labor market discrimination against women. Using data from 2003 and 2010 Household Budget Surveys conducted by Turkish Statistical Institute, this study examines the male-female earnings differentials and measures the extent of pay discrimination in Turkey. To analyze the components of the earnings gap, two methodologies are employed: The standard Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method and the Juhn-Murphy-Pierce decomposition method. The results of the study indicate that in both years, a significant portion of the observed wage differential is attributable to wage discrimination which records a rise over the period.

Keywords: male-female earnings differentials; gender wage discrimination; Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition; Juhn-Murphy-Pierce decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J31 J70 J71 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ara, nep-cwa, nep-dem and nep-lab
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Working Paper: Male-Female Labor Market Participation and the Extent of Gender-Based Wage Discrimination in Turkey (2013)
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