Publication: Gender wage gap among couples and the role of parenthood across the wage distribution in Turkey
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2023-04-01
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The gender wage gap and the penalty of parenthood on wages are still major economic and sociological problems, especially
in developing economies. This study aims to fll the void in the literature by analyzing the gender wage gap among couples
and the role of parenthood across the unconditional wage distribution in the Turkish labor force. In accordance, 1198 families
which include working-married-couples with and without children from the Turkish Household Budget Statistics survey data
for 2018 are examined via unconditional quantile regression and decomposition methods. The fndings provide insights into
three problems of the labor force gender wage gap among couples, the role of parenthood on wages, and the variation of them
across the wage distribution. The fndings reveal a gender wage gap among couples and the gap is wider for the lower-paid
employees. Lower-paid females face a wider motherhood wage penalty whereas fatherhood is mostly insignifcant on the
males' wages. However, interestingly, fatherhood becomes a signifcant wage penalty for the highest-paid males.
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Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler, Social Sciences and Humanities, Sosyal Bilimler (SOC), Social Sciences (SOC), Gender wage gap, Parenthood, Wage distribution, Unconditional quantile regression, Decomposition, Turkey
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Çağlayan Akay E., Kömüryakan F., "Gender Wage Gap Among Couples and the Role of Parenthood Across the Wage Distribution in Turkey", Journal of Family and Economic Issues, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-14, 2023