and child-rearing - a critical omission when analyzing gender differences in earnings. This paper constructs a better … can be generated using commonly available data on labor force participation rates by age and gender to gauge the … probability of past work. Applying the measure to labor force survey data from the Philippines shows that conventional proxies …

This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable … private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the analysis shows that if a large part of the gender wage gap can be … female human capital is less valued in terms of wages. The gender wage gap narrowing stems mainly from a reduction in gender …