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A Counterfactual analysis of the gender wage gap: A new micro-evidence from the Tunisian labor market
1 : LEFA, IHEC University of Carthage, Tunisia
(LEFA, IHEC University of Carthage, Tunisia)
This study aims to measure the gender wage gap in the Tunisian labor market. Our investigation essentially extends the traditional Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition technique (1973). It also proposes a counterfactual analysis along the entire wage distribution. The fundamental basis of this method is to set up a counterfactual distribution that allows us to estimate the male-female wage gap at each quantile. As shown in our empirical analysis, the gender pay gap does not refer to the differences in observable characteristics between males and females. It is rather the outcome of discriminatory practices against women.
