REMOVING THE "VEIL OF IGNORANCE": NONLINEARITIES IN EDUCATION EFFECTS ON GENDER WAGE INEQUALITIES. (16th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mohapatra, Sandeep; Wichmann, Bruno; Marcoul, Philippe
• Is Part Of: Contemporary economic policy. Volume 36:Number 4(2018:Oct.)
• Page Start: 644
• Page End: 666
• Publication Date: 2017-11-16
• Subjects: Economic policy -- Periodicals; United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-2001 -- Periodicals; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001- -- Periodicals; 338.9005
• DOI: 10.1111/coep.12265
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1074-3529

Abstract

Abstract : A large literature studies the mean gender wage gap in developing countries and finds mixed evidence about the role of education policies in closing gender earnings inequalities. We contribute to this literature by exploring two types of nonlinearities in wage earning regressions: (1) nonlinearities on the effects of education on expected earnings along the distribution of education endowments; and (2) heterogeneities on the contributions of education to the gender wage gap at different quantiles of the wage distribution. Our analyses provide new insights on how these nonlinear effects can be used to set up better targeted gender and development policies. ( JEL I26, C14)