Despite the recent economic growth and gender equality improvement in educational attainment, important disparities remain Peruvian labour market. This article provides a comprehensive overview of wage gap evolution during 2007–2018 identifies key elements that explain its patterns. First, shows raw showed an upward trend between 2007–2011, ranging from 6% to 12%, remaining around top bound eve...

This study aimed at examining regional differentials in maternal healthcare services Uganda. Using a sample of 1,521 women reproductive ages (15-49) from Eastern and Western sub-regions Uganda, non-linear Oaxaca’ Blinder Multivariate Decomposition method, we assessed utilization early antenatal care, health facility delivery postnatal care among the women, henceforth, establishing main predicto...

The aim of this paper is to provide some empirical evidence about black-white differentials in the distribution of income and wellbeing in three different countries: Brazil, US and South Africa. In all cases, people of African descent are in a variety of ways socially disadvantaged compared with the relatively more affluent whites. We investigate the extent of these gaps in comparative perspect...

The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of ChamberlainMundlack correlated random effects probit models. Drawing...

We examine the roles of parental financial assistance to young adult children for college, homeownership, and “other reasons” in explaining Black-White wealth gap. Using Panel Study Income Dynamics data, we run Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions. Results show that socioeconomic position Black parents, not their proclivity give, explains lower receipt children—especially form college which turn, tran...

Purpose : The study aims to determine the decomposition of household income inequality in Bali based on migration status using regression-based analysis.
 Theoretical framework: Alsina and Rodrick (1994) stated that hearing opinions will inhibit growth process result redistribution national be expensive. Other things Bourguignon (2004), worrying condition occurred because relative presence...

BACKGROUND Paradoxically, despite their longer life expectancy, women report poorer health than men. Time devoted to differing social roles could be an explanation for the observed gender differences in health among the elderly. The objective of this study was to explain gender differences in self-reported health among the elderly by taking time use activities, socio-economic positions, family ...

There has been little work relating food flows with insecurity, and how inter-county trading can drive differences across the rural/urban divide. Using rural–urban continuum codes in combination a new data set on at county level we examine correlation between insecurity trade. Results indicate heterogeneous impacts of trade types rates. From Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions find that rural metropo...

BACKGROUND While the gender disparity in health and mortality in various stages of life in India is well documented, there is limited evidence on female disadvantage in health-care expenditure (HCE). AIMS Examine the gender difference in HCE in short-term and major morbidity in India, and understand the role of factors underlying the difference. DATA AND METHODS Using two rounds of national...