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An Empirical Analysis of Gender Earnings Gap in the Ghanaian Informal Sector Using the 1998/1999 Ghana Living Standards Survey
Isaac Addai
Corresponding Author: Isaac Addai
Submitted: 2011 April, 21
Accepted: 2011 June, 10
Published: 2011 July, 30 |
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This study used the 1998/1999 Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 4), a new nationallyrepresentative
survey carried out by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and applied the Oaxaca (1973)
decomposition to empirically analyse the phenomenon of gender gap in earnings in the informal sector labour
market. The findings suggest the existence of discrimination in gender earnings in the Ghanaian informal sector
labour market, and that females in the Ghanaian informal sector labour market are on average and ceteris
paribus more skilful by 36%. However, males having sample average female characteristics earn on average
and ceteris paribus 87% more in log monthly wages than their female counterparts.
Key words: Discrimination, earnings, gender gap, informal sector, labour market, living standards survey,
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Isaac Addai, . An Empirical Analysis of Gender Earnings Gap in the Ghanaian Informal Sector Using the 1998/1999 Ghana Living Standards Survey. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (4): 347-352.
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