Inequality of opportunities in the labor market: evidence from life in transition surveys in Europe and Central Asia

IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 2 Contribution to the overall inequality (Shapley decomposition) of the opportunity to be in possession of a 20+ hours/week job

	Shapley decomposition (% contribution to inequality)
	Characteristics			Within circumstances
Country	Age	Education	Circumstances	Gender	Father’s education	Parents’ politics	Minority status
Albania	13	42	46	32	8	0	5
Belarus	2	24	74	47	20	0	7
Bosnia	6	28	66	9	33	14	10
Bulgaria	1	60	39	6	21	3	10
Croatia	4	34	62	39	17	3	3
Czech	2	55	43	10	16	12	5
Macedonia	19	42	39	18	9	7	4
Hungary	2	20	78	27	45	2	3
Moldova	7	49	44	5	9	11	19
Montenegro	12	52	36	4	20	2	10
Poland	3	56	41	10	28	0	3
Romania	12	53	36	14	12	0	10
Serbia	1	13	86	43	21	21	1
Slovakia	16	27	57	14	26	12	5
Slovenia	5	20	75	25	34	3	12
Turkey	0	15	85	72	11	0	2
Ukraine	14	41	46	10	14	18	4
Armenia	10	68	22	9	10	3	0
Azerbaijan	15	26	59	49	6	4	0
Estonia	8	48	43	8	27	5	3
Georgia	8	12	80	27	49	0	3
Kazakhstan	6	24	70	54	10	2	4
Kyrgyz	13	26	60	9	16	19	17
Latvia	6	35	59	45	10	2	2
Lithuania	1	58	41	5	10	2	24
Mongolia	5	39	56	17	28	4	7
Russia	5	37	58	4	40	13	2
Tajikistan	2	18	80	4	54	4	18
Uzbekistan	6	16	78	65	9	2	3

Note: The first three columns present the breakdown of the total inequality into components associated with age, education and circumstances. The next four columns further break down circumstances into shares contributed by gender, father’s education, parents’ politics and minority status.