More Than Schooling Understanding Gender Differences in the Labor Market When Measures of Skill are Available

This paper uses measures of cognitive and noncognitive skills in an expanded definition of human capital to examine how schooling and skills differ between men and women and how those differences relate to gender gaps in earnings across nine middle-income countries. The analysis finds that post-seco...

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Main Author: Gunewardena, Dileni
Other Authors: Valerio, Alexandria, King, Elizabeth M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2018
Series:World Bank E-Library Archive
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