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Can Minimum Wages Close the Gender Wage Gap?: Evidence from Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorWaxman, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHallward-Driemeier, Mary
dc.contributor.authorRijkers, Bob
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-17T19:06:14Z
dc.date.available2015-08-17T19:06:14Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.description.abstractUsing manufacturing plant-level census data, this paper demonstrates that minimum wage increases in Indonesia reduced gender wage gaps among production workers, with heterogeneous impacts by level of education and position of the firm in the wage distribution. Paradoxically, educated women appear to have benefitted the most, particularly in the lower half of the firm average earnings distribution. By contrast, women who did not complete primary education did not benefit on average, and even lost ground in the upper end of the earnings distribution. Minimum wage increases were thus associated with exacerbated gender pay gaps among the least educated, and reduced gender gaps among the best educated production workers. Unconditional quantile regression analysis attests to wage compression and lighthouse effects. Changes in relative employment prospects were limited.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24775844/can-minimum-wages-close-gender-wage-gap-evidence-indonesia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7364
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22449
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7364
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectGENDER IMPACT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECT
dc.subjectWAGE GAP
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectEARNINGS REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectPLANT’ PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectWAGE COMPRESSION
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE
dc.subjectFOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectWHITE COLLAR WORKERS
dc.subjectFOREIGN OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFIRM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectWAGE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
dc.subjectINFORMATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectJOB
dc.subjectEFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectWAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectFIRM SIZE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectREAL WAGES
dc.subjectGENDER WAGE GAPS
dc.subjectLOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subjectWAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPAID WORKERS
dc.subjectMALE WORKERS
dc.subjectWORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectPRODUCTION PROCESS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectWAGE BILL
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectTRAINING
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectON-THE-JOB TRAINING
dc.subjectFIRM LEVEL
dc.subjectGENDER MAINSTREAMING
dc.subjectBARGAINING POWER
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectPREVIOUS STUDIES
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectWAGE DISPERSION
dc.subjectMARKETS
dc.subjectORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectJOB TRAINING
dc.subjectLABOR
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGES
dc.subjectWAGE GAINS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectGENDER GAPS
dc.subjectFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
dc.subjectSEX DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectWHO
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
dc.subjectPRODUCTION WORKERS
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectTOTAL WAGE
dc.subjectWAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subjectVALUE
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGE
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectWAGE DATA
dc.subjectCREATIVE DESTRUCTION
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectFEMALE WORKERS
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectSTD
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE FIRMS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GROWTH
dc.subjectLABOR RELATIONS
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectPRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectWAGE POLICY
dc.subjectLABOR ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectINVESTMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION WORKER
dc.subjectCRISES
dc.subjectBARGAINING
dc.subjectSUPPLY
dc.subjectEMPLOYEE
dc.subjectWAGE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectLAW
dc.subjectPROPORTION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECTS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectLOCAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectGENDER COMPOSITION
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectWAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT IMPACTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTION PROCESSES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectEMPLOYEES
dc.titleCan Minimum Wages Close the Gender Wage Gap?en
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Indonesiaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26638 Accepted journal manuscript
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleCan Minimum Wages Close the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from Indonesia
okr.date.disclosure2015-07-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:15:34.864746Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24775844/can-minimum-wages-close-gender-wage-gap-evidence-indonesia
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7364
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryIndonesia
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.unitTrade and International Integration Team, Development Research Group
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