| Author: | Zveglich, J. E. Jr. Meulen Rodgers, Y. van der Rodgers III, W. M. |
| Title: | The persistence of gender earnings inequality in Taiwan, 1978-1992 |
| Journal: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review
1997 : JUL, VOL. 50:4, p. 594-609 |
| Index terms: | EARNINGS GENDER INEQUALITY TAIWAN |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study demonstrates that rapid structural change doesn't necessarily entail a closing of the gender gap. The aggregate gender earnings ratio remained fairly flat between 1978 and 1992 with less-educated women experiencing losses and better-educated women experiencing small gains. The level composition shows that measured productivity differences explain a large but diminishing share. This pattern is further explored with a trend decomposition that provides a richer description of changes in Taiwan's earnings differential than the standard level composition, and it provides evidence that female workers gained relative to their male counterparts in measured qualifications in nearly every period and at all education levels. |
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