@article{fdi:010077330,
  title = {{S}kills, personality traits, and gender wage gaps : evidence from {B}angladesh},
  author = {{N}ordman, {C}hristophe and {S}arr, {L}. {R}. and {S}harma, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e use a recent first-hand linked employer-employee survey covering the formal sector of {B}angladesh to explain gender wage gaps by the inclusion of measures of cognitive attainment and personality traits. {O}ur results show that cognitive skills have greater explanatory power than personality traits in determining mean wages. {U}nconditional quantile regressions show that cognitive attainment as measured by reading and numeracy seems to confer different benefits to women and men respectively. {T}he {B}ig {F}ive traits of agreeableness are positively associated with females' wages across the wage distribution. {D}ecompositions show that about 32-43% of the wage gap can be explained by characteristics along the wage distribution. {C}ognitive skills cumulatively account for a larger share of the explained component than personality traits do, and matter more at lower percentiles. {H}owever, together these cognitive and socioemotional skills matter to a lesser degree than a factor such as one's tenure in the firm.},
  keywords = {{BANGLADESH}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}xford {E}conomic {P}apers : {N}ew {S}eries},
  volume = {71},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {687--708},
  ISSN = {0030-7653},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1093/oep/gpy043},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077330},
}