Gender Earnings Gap in the Formal Labor Market in Turkey

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Gender Earnings Gap in the Formal Labor Market in Turkey

dc.contributor.author	Cebeci, Tolga
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-16T23:07:08Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-16T23:07:08Z
dc.date.issued	2015-12
dc.description.abstract	Gender disparities in Turkey remain considerable despite Turkish government’s recent public policy initiatives aimed at increasing gender equity in Turkey. Overall gender equity ranking of Turkey in the gender gap 2012 report. Gender equity is identified as a key area in the 2012-2015 country partnership strategy of the World Bank Group (WBG) in Turkey. One of the projects initiated to move WBG’s gender agenda in Turkey further is the technical assistance project on promoting gender equity in labor markets and entrepreneurship. Using novel datasets, this study aims to contribute to the project through providing a better understanding of different dimensions of the gender gap in employment and particularly earnings. Key findings of this paper are as follows: (i) the gap between men and women in participation emerges with the early exit of women, particularly those low educated, after marriage; (ii) partly due to exit of low educated women after marriage, female employees, on average, have less work experience than male employees; (iii) compared to men, women work in higher paying sectors, sub-sectors, and firms within sub-sectors. Yet, women earn less than the men working in the same firm; (iv) female employees are more concentrated in larger firms especially in the East and the North regions of the country; and (v) once all observable characteristics are taken into account, it is hard to argue that earnings discrimination against women in the formal labor market of Turkey is large. Section one gives introduction. Section two and three are dedicated to the investigation of gender gap in labor market participation. Section four and five analyze the gender gap in earnings. Section six presents conclusion and policy implications.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/905661479281926967/Gender-earnings-gap-in-the-formal-labor-market-in-Turkey
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/25365
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25365
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	gender gap
dc.subject	educational attainment
dc.subject	wages
dc.subject	labor market
dc.title	Gender Earnings Gap in the Formal Labor Market in Turkey	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Gender Earnings Gap in the Formal Labor Market in Turkey
okr.date.disclosure	2016-11-16
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T11:31:33.652984Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/905661479281926967/Gender-earnings-gap-in-the-formal-labor-market-in-Turkey
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	090224b0846fbf13_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	26941995
okr.identifier.report	102014
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/905661479281926967/pdf/102014-WP-P146215-PUBLIC-GENDEREN.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country	Turkiye
okr.theme	Social protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.theme	Social dev/gender/inclusion :: Gender
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Economics
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Education
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Law
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	Poverty GP ECA (GPV03)