Explaining the Gender Wage Gap in Georgia

Levy Economics Institute, Working Paper No. 577

34 Pages Posted: 24 Sep 2009

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Tamar Khitarishvili

Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute

Date Written: September 22, 2009

Abstract

This paper evaluates gender wage differentials in Georgia between 2000 and 2004. Using ordinary least squares, we find that the gender wage gap in Georgia is substantially higher than in other transition countries. Correcting for sample selection bias using the Heckman approach further increases the gender wage gap. The Blinder Oaxaca decomposition results suggest that most of the wage gap remains unexplained. The explained portion of the gap is almost entirely attributed to industrial variables. We find that the gender wage gap in Georgia diminished between 2000 and 2004.

Keywords: gender wage gap, economic transition, Georgia

JEL Classification: J16, J31, P2

Suggested Citation

Khitarishvili, Tamar, Explaining the Gender Wage Gap in Georgia (September 22, 2009). Levy Economics Institute, Working Paper No. 577, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1476900 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1476900

Tamar Khitarishvili (Contact Author)

Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute ( email )

Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
United States

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