More Than Schooling : Understanding Gender Differences in the Labor Market When Measures of Skill Are Available

More Than Schooling : Understanding Gender Differences in the Labor Market When Measures of Skill Are Available

This paper uses measures of cognitive and noncognitive skills in an expanded definition of human capital to examine how schooling and skills differ between men and women and how those differences relate to gender gaps in earnings across nine middle...

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Main Authors: Gunewardena, Dileni, King, Elizabeth M., Valerio, Alexandria
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
GENDER GAP
LABOR MARKET
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
ECONOMICS OF GENDER
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
WAGE GAP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/356091537360897955/More-Than-Schooling-Understanding-Gender-Differences-in-the-Labor-Market-When-Measures-of-Skill-Are-Available
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30441

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/356091537360897955/More-Than-Schooling-Understanding-Gender-Differences-in-the-Labor-Market-When-Measures-of-Skill-Are-Available
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30441

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