<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study investigates the wage differential and discrimination between genders in Turkey based on data taken from the nationally representative Turkish Household Labour Survey for 2002 to 2019. The Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition technique was used which was then integrated into the Heckman’s selection correction procedure. It was found that the gender wage gap is small in the Turkish labour market, while most of this gap originates from the discrimination against women. In addition ignoring the occupational and sectoral effects on the gender wage gap could result in underestimation of the discrimination effects both directly and indirectly through higher human capital of female employees. Lastly all these indicate that the results could likely be specific to the data set.</p></abstract>

This study investigates the wage differential and discrimination between genders in Turkey based on data taken from the nationally representative Turkish Household Labour Survey for 2002 to 2019. The Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition technique was used which was then integrated into the Heckman’s selection correction procedure. It was found that the gender wage gap is small in the Turkish labour market, while most of this gap originates from the discrimination against women. In addition ignoring the occupational and sectoral effects on the gender wage gap could result in underestimation of the discrimination effects both directly and indirectly through higher human capital of female employees. Lastly all these indicate that the results could likely be specific to the data set.

Assessing the gender wage gap: Turkey in the years 2002–2019

Department of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration

Economics and Business Review

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This study investigates the wage differential and discrimination between genders in Turkey based on data taken from the nationally representative Turkish...

Assessing the gender wage gap: Turkey in the years 2002–2019

Published Online: Apr 27, 2021

Page range: 90 - 112

Received: Oct 07, 2020

Accepted: Mar 18, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2021.1.6

Keywords
gender wage gap, gender wage discrimination, selection bias, Turkey

© 2021 Zeynep Aktaş Koral et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Assessing the gender wage gap: Turkey in the years 2002–2019

Published Online: Apr 27, 2021

Page range: 90 - 112

Received: Oct 07, 2020

Accepted: Mar 18, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2021.1.6

Keywordsgender wage gap, gender wage discrimination, selection bias, Turkey

© 2021 Zeynep Aktaş Koral et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
gender wage gap, gender wage discrimination, selection bias, Turkey