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abstract: 'This paper investigates gender-based segregation in education, jobs and
earnings among African women in South Africa. By investigating these
linkages, we aim to identify potential policy interventions that could
affect some degree of de-segregation in the labour market and thereby
reduce the gender wage gap. Using large, nationally representative
labour force data samples of African workers, our findings confirm the
existence of an earnings hierarchy reflecting a male dominance premium.
Specifically, our results show that women working in male dominated
self-employment experience the highest returns, followed by women
employed in male dominated wage employment while working in female
dominated wage employment and self-employment is associated with a wage
penalty. However, trying to address wage inequality in the labour market
through labour legislation is not likely to be effective if the wage gap
is mainly driven by horizontal segregation. Our findings show that
gender-based horizontal segregation of jobs is strongly correlated with
gender-based segregation in the choices of post-secondary education.
Based on our findings, we conclude that targeted training interventions
for vocational qualifications of women in male dominated fields of study
is likely to be the most plausible policy response that could reduce
some of the differences in the earnings between African men and women.
The negative economic effects of COVID 19 pandemic, which in South
Africa affected women more severely in terms of labour market outcomes
(Casale \& Posel, 2020), may provide policymakers with a catalyst to
challenge the constraints women face crossing over into male dominated
jobs.'
affiliation: 'Roberts, G (Corresponding Author), New Commerce Bldg,Braamfontein Campus
West, ZA-2000 Johannesburg, South Africa.
Roberts, Gareth; Schoer, Volker, Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Econ \& Finance SEF, Johannesburg,
South Africa.'
article-number: '100348'
author: Roberts, Gareth and Schoer, Volker
author-email: 'Gareth.Roberts@wits.ac.za
Volker.Schoer@wits.ac.za'
author_list:
- family: Roberts
given: Gareth
- family: Schoer
given: Volker
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100348
earlyaccessdate: AUG 2021
files: []
issn: 2452-2929
journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES
keywords: 'Horizontal gender-based job segregation; Education; Occupation;
Industry; Earnings; Crossovers'
language: English
month: SEP
number-of-cited-references: '30'
orcid-numbers: Schoer, Volker/0000-0002-6382-2015
papis_id: ee0238922e522ad77b17d576e3faaf5b
ref: Roberts2021genderbasedsegregati
researcherid-numbers: Schoer, Volker/C-6283-2019
times-cited: '0'
title: Gender-based segregation in education, jobs and earnings in South Africa
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000693689600017
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '23'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
year: '2021'