Open AccessWhat lies behind the gender wage gap in Serbia?
Author(s) -
Aleksandra Anić,
Gorana Krstić
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
economic annals/ekonomski anali
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1820-7375
pISSN - 0013-3264
DOI - 10.2298/eka1923137a
Subject(s) - gender pay gap , serbian , wage , inequality , gender gap , economics , demographic economics , selection bias , sample (material) , gender inequality , labour economics , selection (genetic algorithm) , gender discrimination , estimation , medicine , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , mathematics , management , pathology , chromatography , artificial intelligence , computer science
Large gender inequalities have persisted in the Serbian labour market. One of the key indicators of labour market inequality is the gender pay gap. This paper examines the gender pay gap in Serbia based on data from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions. Our findings show that on average women earn far less than men, a gap that has increased slightly over time. The paper offers an in-depth analysis of this gender pay gap in Serbia by decomposing the gender pay gap into an explained part related to difference in characteristics and an unexplained part related to differences in returns attributable to these characteristics. In addition, it provides an estimate of selection effects on the gender pay gap using an innovative methodology that corrects for sample selection bias.