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Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam: Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?

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dc.contributor.authorChowdhury, Iffat
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Hillary C.
dc.contributor.authorMannava, Aneesh
dc.contributor.authorPerova, Elizaveta
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T19:46:32Z
dc.date.available2018-05-16T19:46:32Z
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractDifferences in earnings between male and female workers persist in developed and developing countries despite a narrowing of gender gaps in educational attainment over the past half-century. This paper examines the gender wage gap in Vietnam and shows that a nontrivial part of the gap is associated with occupational sorting. The paper considers three explanations for why occupational sorting emerges. First, it explores whether women sort into occupations with better nonmonetary characteristics, such as paid leave and shorter hours. The data from Labor Force Surveys support this hypothesis. Second, it checks if occupational sorting among the adult labor force is driven by social norms about gender roles learned and internalized at an early age. To do so, the paper checks for evidence of sorting in the aspirations of 12-year-old children. Specifically, the analysis simulates what the gender wage gap would be if boys and girls pursued the occupations they aspired to at age 12, and the distribution of salaries remained unchanged. The paper does not find support for the hypothesis that gender norms drive occupational sorting by inducing aspirational sorting at an early age. Finally, for individuals with higher education, the paper checks if occupational sorting occurs during the school-to-work transition, when women face higher barriers in finding a job in their field of study. The analysis does not find evidence to support this last hypothesis. Overall, the findings suggest that in Vietnam gender-specific preferences for nonmonetary job characteristics play a key role in the emergence of occupational sorting.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/717051525869722243/Gender-gap-in-earnings-in-Vietnam-why-do-Vietnamese-women-work-in-lower-paid-occupations
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8433
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29839
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8433
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGENDER WAGE GAP
dc.subjectGENDER STREAMING
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONAL SORTING
dc.subjectEARNINGS GAP
dc.subjectNON-WAGE COMPENSATION
dc.subjectGENDER ROLES
dc.titleGender Gap in Earnings in Vietnamen
dc.title.subtitleWhy Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?en
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleGender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam: Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?
okr.date.disclosure2018-05-09
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/717051525869722243/Gender-gap-in-earnings-in-Vietnam-why-do-Vietnamese-women-work-in-lower-paid-occupations
okr.guid717051525869722243
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8433
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085a62f4f_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29878126
okr.identifier.reportWPS8433
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/717051525869722243/pdf/WPS8433.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
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okr.statistics.dr717051525869722243
okr.statistics.drstats2856
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, East Asia and the Pacific Region
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