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Schooling and changes in earnings differentials by gender in South Korea, 1976-1991

Title
Schooling and changes in earnings differentials by gender in South Korea, 1976-1991
Authors
Nam Y.-S.
Ewha Authors
남영숙
SCOPUS Author ID
남영숙scopus
Issue Date
1996
Journal Title
Economics of Education Review
ISSN
0272-7757JCR Link
Citation
Economics of Education Review vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 245 - 258
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Indexed
SSCI; SCOPUS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper analyzes the factors underlying the male-female earnings differential and its changes over time in South Korea between 1976 and 1991. Using data from the Occupational Wage Survey for 1976, 1981, 1986, and 1991, regression and decomposition analyses are performed to examine the relative contribution of the factors that account for the earnings differential. The results suggest that the most important factor accounting for the convergence of the male-female earnings differential is schooling. Over two-thirds of the contribution of schooling resulted from the declining wage premiums associated with higher levels of schooling, with the remainder attributable to a favorable change in gender differences in the level of schooling. Over all, the empirical analyses suggest that female workers benefited from the compression of the wage structure associated with returns to labor market qualifications over the period 1976-1991 in Korea. [JEL I21, I35] Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
DOI
10.1016/0272-7757(96)00010-6
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