Gender wage differentials in Singapore.
Using Singapore Labour Force Survey data from 1998, we employ unconditional quantile regression based on two different methodologies to analyze gender wage differentials in Singapore. These methods allow for the characterisation of the contribution of any single covariate in a wage distribution. We...
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| author | Kwek, Qiao Ping. Chow, Huiyi. Chey, Bernice Ke Li. |
| author2 | Christos Sakellariou |
| author_facet | Christos Sakellariou Kwek, Qiao Ping. Chow, Huiyi. Chey, Bernice Ke Li. |
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| description | Using Singapore Labour Force Survey data from 1998, we employ unconditional quantile regression based on two different methodologies to analyze gender wage differentials in Singapore. These methods allow for the characterisation of the contribution of any single covariate in a wage distribution. We find evidence of a ‘sticky floor’ typical of most Asian countries. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/438252019-12-10T14:51:19Z Gender wage differentials in Singapore. Kwek, Qiao Ping. Chow, Huiyi. Chey, Bernice Ke Li. Christos Sakellariou School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore Using Singapore Labour Force Survey data from 1998, we employ unconditional quantile regression based on two different methodologies to analyze gender wage differentials in Singapore. These methods allow for the characterisation of the contribution of any single covariate in a wage distribution. We find evidence of a ‘sticky floor’ typical of most Asian countries. Bachelor of Arts 2011-04-28T08:53:06Z 2011-04-28T08:53:06Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43825 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore Kwek, Qiao Ping. Chow, Huiyi. Chey, Bernice Ke Li. Gender wage differentials in Singapore. |
| title | Gender wage differentials in Singapore. |
| title_full | Gender wage differentials in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Gender wage differentials in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender wage differentials in Singapore. |
| title_short | Gender wage differentials in Singapore. |
| title_sort | gender wage differentials in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43825 |
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