Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

Using matched employer-employee data from eleven African countries, we investigate if there is job sorting in African labour markets. We find that much of the wage gap associated with education is driven by selection across occupations and firms. This is consistent with educated workers being more e...

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Main Authors: Fafchamps, Marcel, Soderbom, Mans, Benhassine, Najy
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5708