Abstract
This essay examines wages and the gender wage gap between 1993 and 2008 in Vietnam. Our results reveal a slight increase in the mean of the gender wage gap from 2002 to 2008, which is mainly driven by a sharp increase in the gender wage gap for low-wage workers. Decomposition results suggest that the major part of the gender wage gap attributes to gender discrimination. While gender discrimination decreases for high-wage workers, it increases for low-wage workers. Over the period, wage growth is partly explained by changes in average characteristics but mainly due to increasing returns.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 71-111 |
Journal | Journal of Vietnamese Studies |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Dec 2018 |