Occupational segregation and gender differentials in earnings in Macedonia

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 7 Macedonia: Decomposition of gender differences in hourly earnings ^a

	Assuming wage structure of men	Assuming wage structure of women	Assuming weighted wage structure
	(1)	(2)	(3)
Total observed log hourly earnings gap	0.1173	0.1173	0.1173
Difference due to selectivity bias	0.0333	0.0333	0.0333
Explained difference due to:	0.0213	-0.0768	-0.0171
Education	-0.0387	-0.0386	-0.0386
Experience	-0.0041	-0.0004	-0.0027
Unmarried person	-0.0042	0.0013	-0.0020
Ethnic affiliation	-0.0069	-0.0145	-0.0099
Enterprise type	-0.0082	-0.0040	-0.0065
Pension fund registration	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Industry	0.0020	-0.0111	-0.0031
Occupation	-0.0104	-0.0437	-0.0235
Feminization of occupation	0.0967	0.0492	0.0781
Region	-0.0021	-0.0012	-0.0017
Urban	-0.0029	-0.0138	-0.0072
Unexplained difference^b	0.0627	0.1608	0.1011

^aA positive number means earnings difference in favor of men.
^bTotal unexplained difference is the sum of the components attributable to the constant term and the coefficients. Also equal to total earnings gap minus explained difference minus difference due to selectivity bias.