Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?

Vietnam has achieved important progress in closing the gender gap in education and increasing women’s labor force participation. However, are women’s labor market opportunities on par with those of men? We analyze the gender earnings gap and establish that women’s propensity to work in lower pai...

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Main Authors:	Chowdhury, Iffat, Johnson, Hillary, Mannava, Aneesh, Perova, Elizaveta
Format:	Brief
Language:	Vietnamese
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	GENDER WAGE GAP FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET CHILDCARE COMPENSATION EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/803791525064208800/Gender-gap-in-earnings-in-Vietnam-why-do-Vietnamese-women-work-in-lower-paid-occupations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31485

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description	Vietnam has achieved important progress in closing the gender gap in education and increasing women’s labor force participation. However, are women’s labor market opportunities on par with those of men? We analyze the gender earnings gap and establish that women’s propensity to work in lower paid occupations is a major culprit in the emergence of a gender earnings gap. We provide suggestive evidence of why women choose to work in lower paid occupations.
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author	Chowdhury, Iffat Johnson, Hillary Mannava, Aneesh Perova, Elizaveta
author_facet	Chowdhury, Iffat Johnson, Hillary Mannava, Aneesh Perova, Elizaveta
author_sort	Chowdhury, Iffat
title	Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?
title_short	Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?
title_full	Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?
title_fullStr	Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?
title_full_unstemmed	Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?
title_sort	gender gap in earnings in vietnam : why do vietnamese women work in lower paid occupations?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/803791525064208800/Gender-gap-in-earnings-in-Vietnam-why-do-Vietnamese-women-work-in-lower-paid-occupations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31485
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Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam : Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?

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