The gender impact in earnings inequality: Evidence from Sri Lanka

This paper estimates an earnings function for Sri Lanka, followed by a decomposition analysis of male-female earnings suggest that the gender disparity in earnings largely represents discrimination against women. The findings showed that irrespective of their inferior labour market attributes, men had average earnings that were considerably higher than the female average and that this could be attributed entirely to discrimination in favour of male earners.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Arun, Thankom ; Borooah, Vani K.
Published in:	International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research. - Kavala : Kavala Institute of Technology, ISSN 1791-3373. - Vol. 4.2011, 2, p. 71-80
Publisher:	Kavala : Kavala Institute of Technology
Subject:	inequality \| earnings \| gender \| Sri Lanka

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	687492122 [GVK] hdl:10419/66626 [Handle]
Classification:	O53 - Asia including Middle East ; R2 - Household Analysis ; O29 - Development Planning and Policy. Other
Source:	EconStor

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