Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

Using matched employer-employee data from eleven African countries, we investigate if there is job sorting in African labour markets. We find that much of the wage gap associated with education is driven by selection across occupations and firms. This is consistent with educated workers being more e...

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Main Authors:	Fafchamps, Marcel, Soderbom, Mans, Benhassine, Najy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Wage Level and Structure Wage Differentials J310 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General L600 Industrialization Manufacturing and Service Industries Choice of Technology O140 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5708

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spelling	okr-10986-57082021-04-23T14:02:23Z Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing Fafchamps, Marcel Soderbom, Mans Benhassine, Najy Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Wage Level and Structure Wage Differentials J310 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General L600 Industrialization Manufacturing and Service Industries Choice of Technology O140 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Using matched employer-employee data from eleven African countries, we investigate if there is job sorting in African labour markets. We find that much of the wage gap associated with education is driven by selection across occupations and firms. This is consistent with educated workers being more effective at complex tasks such as labour management. In all countries, the education wage gap widens rapidly at high levels of education. Most of the education wage gap at low levels of education can be explained by selection across occupations. We also find that the education wage gap tends to be higher for women, except in Morocco where many poorly educated women work in the garment sector. A large share of the gender wage gap is explained by selection into low wage occupations and firms. 2012-03-30T07:34:09Z 2012-03-30T07:34:09Z 2009 Journal Article Journal of African Economies 09638024 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5708 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Africa
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description	Using matched employer-employee data from eleven African countries, we investigate if there is job sorting in African labour markets. We find that much of the wage gap associated with education is driven by selection across occupations and firms. This is consistent with educated workers being more effective at complex tasks such as labour management. In all countries, the education wage gap widens rapidly at high levels of education. Most of the education wage gap at low levels of education can be explained by selection across occupations. We also find that the education wage gap tends to be higher for women, except in Morocco where many poorly educated women work in the garment sector. A large share of the gender wage gap is explained by selection into low wage occupations and firms.
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author	Fafchamps, Marcel Soderbom, Mans Benhassine, Najy
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title	Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
title_short	Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
title_full	Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
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title_full_unstemmed	Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
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Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

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