TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender pay and occupational-attainment gaps in Costa Rica and El Salvador
T2 - A relative comparison of the late 1980s
AU - Dávila, Alberto
AU - Pagán, José A.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This study investigates gender occupational attainment and earnings differentials in El Salvador and Costa Rica at the end of the 1980s. During this decade, El Salvador experienced a civil war and an economic depression. Costa Rica was also mired in a recession in the early 1980s, but programs adopted in the mid-1980s led to rapid economic recovery. It is found that the gender pay gap in El Salvador is 30.4% and 23.6% in Costa Rica. The intercountry difference in the gap disappears after accounting for high gender differences in occupational attainment and hours worked in El Salvador.
AB - This study investigates gender occupational attainment and earnings differentials in El Salvador and Costa Rica at the end of the 1980s. During this decade, El Salvador experienced a civil war and an economic depression. Costa Rica was also mired in a recession in the early 1980s, but programs adopted in the mid-1980s led to rapid economic recovery. It is found that the gender pay gap in El Salvador is 30.4% and 23.6% in Costa Rica. The intercountry difference in the gap disappears after accounting for high gender differences in occupational attainment and hours worked in El Salvador.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-9361.00063
DO - 10.1111/1467-9361.00063
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344131971
SN - 1363-6669
VL - 3
SP - 215
EP - 230
JO - Review of Development Economics
JF - Review of Development Economics
IS - 2
ER -