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Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare? : Evidence from Ghana (2021)

Danquah, M., Iddrisu, A. M., Boakye, E. O., & Owusu, S. (2021). Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare? : Evidence from Ghana. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 188, 916-932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.06.014

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Danquah, Michael; Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Boakye, Ernest Owusu; Owusu, Solomon

Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

ISSN: 0167-2681

eISSN: 1879-1751

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Volyymi: 188

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 916-932

Kustantaja: Elsevier

Julkaisumaa: Alankomaat

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.06.014

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78253

Tiivistelmä

Using household data from the latest wave of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper utilizes machine learning techniques – IV LASSO – that allows for the treatment of unconfoundedness in the selection of observables and unobservables to examine the structural effect of gender wage differences within households on women's empowerment and welfare in Ghana. The structural parameters of the IV LASSO estimations show that a reduction in household gender wage gap significantly enhances women's empowerment. Also, a decline in household gender wage gap results meaningfully in improving household and women's welfare. Particularly, the increasing effect on women's welfare resulting from decreases in household gender wage differences is much higher than for the household welfare. The findings showcase the need to vigorously adopt policies that both increase the quantity and quality of jobs for women and address gender barriers that inhibit women from accessing these jobs opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.

YSO-asiasanat: kotitaloudet; palkkaus; palkkaerot; sukupuoli; tasa-arvo; naisen asema; voimaantuminen; hyvinvointi

Vapaat asiasanat: Ghana

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

JUFO-taso: 2