Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?

Can the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in FYR Macedonia Decrease the Gender Wage Gap?

This paper relies on a simple framework to understand the gender wage gap in Macedonia, and simulates how the gender wage gap would behave after the introduction of a minimum wage. First, it presents a new - albeit simple - decomposition of the wag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGE GROUP
ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT
AVERAGE WAGE
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONTRIBUTIONS
DISCRIMINATION
DRIVERS
EARNING
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC THEORY
EDUCATED WOMEN
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT RATES
ENDOWMENTS
EXCLUSION
FEMALE EMPLOYEES
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE WORKERS
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER GAP
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER SEGREGATION
GENDER WAGE GAPS
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT ­ RATES
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL BANK
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE SURVEY
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET ASSESSMENT
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET POLICY
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKETS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LOW EMPLOYMENT
MARKET WAGE
MARKET WAGES
MINIMUM WAGE
MINIMUM WAGES
MONOPSONY
MONOPSONY POWER
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PROBABILITY
RESPONSIBILITIES
SAFETY
SALARY
SERVANTS
SKILLED EMPLOYEES
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WOMEN
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGE COUNCILS
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISPERSION
WAGE DISTRIBUTION
WAGE GAP
WAGE GAPS
WAGE INCREASE
WAGE LEVEL
WAGE LEVELS
WAGE POLICY
WAGE RATE
WAGE RATES
WAGE SET
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKER
WORKING AGE
WORKING AGE POPULATION
WORKING HOURS
WORKING WOMEN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10108928/can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap-can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6344

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10108928/can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap-can-introduction-minimum-wage-fyr-macedonia-decrease-gender-wage-gap
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6344

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