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Table 4 Decomposition of the gender wage gap at selected quantiles, 2007

From: Two tales of contraction: gender wage gap in Georgia before and after the 2008 crisis

Variables

Composition

Structure

mean

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

mean

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

Vocationala

-0.0269

0.0150

0.0471

-0.0598

-0.0475

-0.0352

0.0274

-0.0326

-0.00857

0.0587

0.0513

0.0177

 

(0.0223)

(0.0420)

(0.0457)

(0.0422)

(0.0437)

(0.0470)

(0.0341)

(0.0667)

(0.0560)

(0.0500)

(0.0525)

(0.0587)

Higher education

-0.0692

0.147

0.0686

-0.131

-0.0366

-0.185*

-0.144

-0.459***

-0.214

0.0362

-0.219

-0.120

 

(0.0599)

(0.109)

(0.118)

(0.106)

(0.110)

(0.0987)

(0.0914)

(0.171)

(0.153)

(0.127)

(0.139)

(0.158)

Age

-1.860

-3.785

-4.741

-4.496

4.209

-0.997

4.147*

6.572*

5.832

5.361

0.322

1.242

 

(1.762)

(2.957)

(3.800)

(3.237)

(3.181)

(2.605)

(2.333)

(3.699)

(4.046)

(3.618)

(3.855)

(3.731)

Age squared

1.146

2.030

2.669

2.582

-2.011

0.689

-2.435**

-3.831*

-3.420

-3.014

-0.228

-0.815

 

(0.943)

(1.611)

(1.991)

(1.701)

(1.668)

(1.367)

(1.233)

(2.019)

(2.124)

(1.907)

(2.020)

(1.929)

Marriage

-0.0147

0.179

-0.104

0.0525

-0.108

0.134

0.100

-0.0421

0.190*

0.00387

0.0810

-0.0383

 

(0.0556)

(0.125)

(0.114)

(0.106)

(0.0922)

(0.0993)

(0.0649)

(0.129)

(0.110)

(0.102)

(0.0965)

(0.0965)

High-skill blue-collarb

0.0244**

0.0482**

0.0524***

0.0228

0.00811

-0.00778

0.00712

-0.0157

-0.00277

0.0134

0.0173*

0.0132

 

(0.0102)

(0.0241)

(0.0193)

(0.0184)

(0.0157)

(0.0186)

(0.00658)

(0.0207)

(0.0113)

(0.00860)

(0.0103)

(0.0121)

Low-skill white-collar

-0.0310

-0.0660

-0.0741*

-0.0977**

0.0229

0.0460

-0.0145

0.0647

-0.0265

0.0321

-0.0604

-0.0594

 

(0.0224)

(0.0560)

(0.0411)

(0.0387)

(0.0465)

(0.0400)

(0.0390)

(0.0976)

(0.0585)

(0.0503)

(0.0602)

(0.0670)

High-skill white-collar

-0.0732

-0.278

-0.0895

-0.0549

-0.233

-0.0625

0.000817

0.151

-0.232

0.0380

0.241

0.0263

 

(0.0815)

(0.195)

(0.137)

(0.135)

(0.185)

(0.132)

(0.120)

(0.353)

(0.187)

(0.164)

(0.203)

(0.187)

Miningc

0.00781***

0.00846***

0.00750***

0.00907***

0.00747*

0.0116*

0.000552***

-0.000422

-0.000400

0.000559**

0.00100***

0.00159***

 

(0.00201)

(0.00257)

(0.00288)

(0.00308)

(0.00393)

(0.00639)

(0.000167)

(0.000465)

(0.000384)

(0.000281)

(0.000371)

(0.000601)

Manufacturing

0.0225**

0.0227

0.0264

0.0492***

0.000308

-0.0158

0.0137

0.0168

0.0132

0.0127

0.00885

0.0201

 

(0.0101)

(0.0315)

(0.0261)

(0.0188)

(0.0167)

(0.0182)

(0.00908)

(0.0235)

(0.0178)

(0.0139)

(0.0139)

(0.0181)

Utilities

0.00740*

0.00487

0.00480

0.00851

0.00439

0.00954

0.00390*

0.00275

0.00266

-0.00134

0.00242

0.00921**

 

(0.00389)

(0.00989)

(0.00668)

(0.00582)

(0.00611)

(0.00794)

(0.00230)

(0.00421)

(0.00348)

(0.00324)

(0.00456)

(0.00398)

Construction

0.0586***

0.0637**

0.0602**

0.0778***

0.0367**

0.0367*

0.00127

-0.00127

0.00620

0.000567

-0.000519

0.00480

 

(0.0122)

(0.0290)

(0.0236)

(0.0197)

(0.0174)

(0.0214)

(0.00525)

(0.00926)

(0.00813)

(0.00616)

(0.00703)

(0.0119)

Trade

0.0147

-0.00465

0.0146

0.0670**

0.000638

-0.0621**

0.0476

-0.00749

0.0456

0.0238

0.0675

0.0942

 

(0.0171)

(0.0327)

(0.0330)

(0.0334)

(0.0340)

(0.0306)

(0.0293)

(0.0664)

(0.0517)

(0.0433)

(0.0528)

(0.0600)

Hotels and restaurants

0.00193

0.00164

-0.00351

0.0127

-0.0168

0.00250

-0.00352

-0.0106

0.000885

-0.00606

0.000365

-0.00883

 

(0.00541)

(0.00899)

(0.00915)

(0.00967)

(0.0120)

(0.00884)

(0.00835)

(0.0154)

(0.0134)

(0.0127)

(0.0160)

(0.0155)

Transport

0.0307***

0.0563**

0.0326*

0.0452***

0.0131

-0.00432

-0.00886

-0.00812

-0.00390

-0.00945

-0.0114

-0.0110

 

(0.00853)

(0.0226)

(0.0184)

(0.0134)

(0.0124)

(0.0131)

(0.00731)

(0.0127)

(0.00951)

(0.00776)

(0.00950)

(0.0188)

Finance

0.00263

0.00295

0.00875

0.0181**

-0.00321

-0.0181

-0.00671

0.00598

0.00282

-0.00983

-0.0148

-0.0363

 

(0.00501)

(0.00904)

(0.0115)

(0.00922)

(0.0119)

(0.0150)

(0.0118)

(0.0189)

(0.0165)

(0.0114)

(0.0144)

(0.0295)

Real estate

0.00784

0.0128

0.00906

0.0215*

-0.00389

-0.00546

0.0256**

0.0218

0.0400**

0.0212

0.0120

0.0164

 

(0.00575)

(0.0136)

(0.0129)

(0.0128)

(0.0173)

(0.0132)

(0.0113)

(0.0242)

(0.0184)

(0.0146)

(0.0195)

(0.0244)

Public adm and defense

0.0483***

0.0519

0.0322

0.0756***

0.0612**

-0.0160

0.0224

0.0316

0.0323

0.00678

-0.0105

0.0290

 

(0.0124)

(0.0344)

(0.0280)

(0.0246)

(0.0303)

(0.0308)

(0.0146)

(0.0325)

(0.0224)

(0.0200)

(0.0283)

(0.0400)

Education

0.0373

-0.0912

-0.0465

0.109

0.161**

0.0357

0.143**

0.192

0.202

0.0772

0.0380

0.163

 

(0.0418)

(0.0956)

(0.0947)

(0.0851)

(0.0774)

(0.0656)

(0.0622)

(0.177)

(0.131)

(0.112)

(0.109)

(0.111)

Health & social work

0.0801***

0.0180

0.0715

0.0809

0.109**

0.0963**

-0.00158

0.0688

0.0161

0.00631

-0.0847

-0.0544

 

(0.0310)

(0.0570)

(0.0609)

(0.0528)

(0.0496)

(0.0446)

(0.0418)

(0.108)

(0.0779)

(0.0629)

(0.0626)

(0.0698)

Culture

0.00356

-0.0105

0.0139

-0.00158

0.00810

0.00259

0.00401

0.00910

0.00756

0.00818

-0.0214

-0.00951

 

(0.00616)

(0.0155)

(0.0150)

(0.0146)

(0.0148)

(0.0122)

(0.0105)

(0.0239)

(0.0206)

(0.0173)

(0.0203)

(0.0171)

Private households

0.00631

0.00469

-0.000129

0.0238*

0.0129*

0.00120

-4.35e-05

-0.00394

0.00819

-0.0166

-0.0183

0.00818

 

(0.00566)

(0.00759)

(0.00778)

(0.0135)

(0.00762)

(0.00531)

(0.00699)

(0.0134)

(0.0105)

(0.0139)

(0.0118)

(0.00811)

International org

0.00133*

-0.000304

0.00130

-0.00103

0.00301*

0.00126

-0.00111

0.00443

0.00142

0.00167

-0.00323

-0.00531

 

(0.000762)

(0.000767)

(0.000888)

(0.00217)

(0.00179)

(0.000943)

(0.00253)

(0.00451)

(0.00216)

(0.00261)

(0.00234)

(0.00365)

State

0.0613

0.116

0.180

0.0852

-0.0179

-0.0527

-0.0141

-0.153

-0.0662

0.0210

0.0447

0.0759

 

(0.0573)

(0.104)

(0.122)

(0.106)

(0.110)

(0.0848)

(0.0851)

(0.140)

(0.145)

(0.125)

(0.134)

(0.135)

Urban

0.0319

0.478***

0.133

-0.0262

-0.136

-0.0357

0.0532

-0.368*

-0.0109

0.197

0.146

0.0982

 

(0.0748)

(0.170)

(0.193)

(0.147)

(0.0953)

(0.103)

(0.0930)

(0.191)

(0.204)

(0.153)

(0.107)

(0.131)

Tbilisi

-0.0835*

-0.0986

-0.0198

-0.147*

-0.0881

-0.0929

0.0877

0.165*

0.0167

0.113

0.0801

-0.0167

 

(0.0458)

(0.0819)

(0.0970)

(0.0838)

(0.0781)

(0.0847)

(0.0607)

(0.0969)

(0.106)

(0.0964)

(0.0915)

(0.109)

Georgian

0.183

0.0552

0.427*

0.441**

0.120

0.174

-0.0439

-0.170

-0.210

-0.238

0.0644

0.0226

 

(0.114)

(0.192)

(0.230)

(0.212)

(0.166)

(0.143)

(0.126)

(0.218)

(0.258)

(0.209)

(0.186)

(0.179)

21 – 40 hoursd

-0.0766*

0.0828

-0.173

-0.160**

-0.0820

-0.0475

0.0527

-0.0533

0.250

0.108

-0.0101

-0.0205

 

(0.0442)

(0.177)

(0.135)

(0.0747)

(0.0517)

(0.0534)

(0.0664)

(0.214)

(0.161)

(0.0817)

(0.0651)

(0.0606)

40 + hours

0.0902**

0.591***

0.131

-0.00307

-0.156*

-0.187**

0.0701

-0.0793

0.202

0.125

0.0939

0.0705

 

(0.0444)

(0.210)

(0.118)

(0.0835)

(0.0927)

(0.0948)

(0.0578)

(0.195)

(0.148)

(0.0792)

(0.0885)

(0.0842)

Seasonal hours

0.0363***

0.0874***

0.0451***

0.0307***

0.0138

0.000465

0.00484

0.00408

0.0153*

0.00341

0.000788

0.000823

 

(0.00732)

(0.0240)

(0.0130)

(0.00978)

(0.00851)

(0.00977)

(0.00341)

(0.00938)

(0.00842)

(0.00513)

(0.00473)

(0.00346)

Constant

0.656

0.585

1.637

1.743

-1.583

1.002

-1.885*

-1.680

-2.470

-2.786

-0.194

-0.525

 

(0.824)

(1.461)

(1.917)

(1.573)

(1.566)

(1.257)

(1.140)

(1.770)

(2.020)

(1.768)

(1.920)

(1.831)

Residual

0.0716

-0.00996

0.0546

0.0559

0.130*

0.0816

-0.0716

0.00695

-0.0666

-0.0786

-0.0961

-0.0814

 

(0.0591)

(0.0708)

(0.0897)

(0.0878)

(0.0727)

(0.0900)

(0.0612)

(0.0688)

(0.0895)

(0.0885)

(0.082)

(0.0971)

Diff

0.3634***

0.3431***

0.4055***

0.3857***

0.3497***

0.3362***

0.2650***

0.3500***

0.1899

0.2280*

0.3434

0.1893*

 

(0.0451)

(0.0831)

(0.1111)

(0.1139)

(0.0850)

(0.0872)

(0.0497)

(0.0971)

(0.1208)

(0.1207)

(0.0984)

(0.1077)

Total

0.6284***

0.6931***

0.5953***

0.6137***

0.6931***

0.5254***

      
 

(0.0275)

(0.0500)

(0.0583)

(0.0616)

(0.0488)

(0.0840)

      
  1. Notes: bootstrapped standard errors (200 replications, clustered by household); quarterly dummy variables included, but not reported; coefficient sums do not add up to the totals because quarterly dummies are omitted; *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1; a secondary education or below is the reference group; b low-skill blue-collar occupations is the reference group; c agriculture is the reference group; d 20 hours or less is the reference group
  2. Source: GHBS data