Changes in wage distributions, wage gaps and wage inequality by gender in Kenya

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Title:	Changes in wage distributions, wage gaps and wage inequality by gender in Kenya
Authors:	Agesa, Richard U. Agesa, Jacqueline Dabalen, Andrew
Year:	2009
Periodical:	Journal of African Economies
Volume:	18
Issue:	3
Pages:	431-460
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	gender inequality wage differentials
External link:	https://jae.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/3/431.full.pdf
Abstract:	Using data from Kenya, the determinants of gender differences in the overall distribution of earnings are estimated as part of an explanation of the positive association between the return to measured and unmeasured human capital attributes as formalized by human capital theory (J. Mincer, 1974). The Kenyan data show that males possess relatively more human capital. Furthermore, once gender differences in measured and unmeasured skills are accounted for, males receive relatively higher returns to both their measured and unmeasured human capital attributes. These findings support the notion that gender differences in the return to human capital trigger male and female earnings differences in Kenya. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]