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Do Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills Explain the Gender Wage Gap in Middle-Income Countries?: An Analysis Using STEP Data

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dc.contributor.authorTognatta, Namrata
dc.contributor.authorValerio, Alexandria
dc.contributor.authorSanchez Puerta, Maria Laura
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-05T23:19:24Z
dc.date.available2016-12-05T23:19:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-11
dc.description.abstractGender-based wage discrimination is a highly researched area of labor economics. However, most studies on this topic have focused on schooling and paid limited attention to the mechanisms through which cognitive and noncognitive skills influence wages. This paper uses data from adults in seven low- and middle-income countries that participated in the STEP Skills Measurement Survey to conduct a comparative analysis of gender wage gaps. The paper uses schooling and skills measures, including reading proficiency and complexity of on-the-job computer tasks to proxy cognitive skills, and personality and behavioral measures to proxy for noncognitive skills in wage decompositions. The analysis finds that years of school explain most of the gender wage gap. The findings also suggest that cognitive and noncognitive skills affect men’s and women’s earnings in different ways, and that the effects of these skills vary across the wage distribution and between countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/479671478193527141/Do-cognitive-and-noncognitive-skills-explain-the-gender-wage-gap-in-middle-income-countries-an-analysis-using-STEP-data
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7878
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25679
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7878
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
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dc.subjectgender wage gap
dc.subjectskills
dc.subjectcognitive skills
dc.subjectnoncognitive skills
dc.titleDo Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills Explain the Gender Wage Gap in Middle-Income Countries?en
dc.title.subtitleAn Analysis Using STEP Dataen
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okr.region.countryArmenia
okr.region.countryBolivia
okr.region.countryColombia
okr.region.countryGeorgia
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.region.countryUkraine
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.region.geographicalEurope and Central Asia
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okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.unitEducation Global Practice Group
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