Gender compensation differentials in Jamaica

Article Abstract:

Gender-based wage differentials in Jamaica are attributed to the differences in the value given to personal and employment characteristics. Women employed in formal-sector jobs, or jobs with higher salary and better working conditions, are paid wages constituting 80% of the men's average pay. However, lesser wage differentials are found in occupations where there are many women employees. This implies that the greater the number of women in the workplace, the less likely they are discriminated in terms of pay.

Administration of General Economic Programs, Jobs & Employment, Research, Employment, Women, Wages, Wages and salaries, Employment discrimination, Pay equity

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The determinants of female headship in Jamaica: results from a structural model

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The phenomenon of female headship in developing countries is analyzed using a structural model, with Jamaica chosen as the target country. Although most studies presume that female-headed households (FHH) are a result of problems in family relations, evidence from Jamaica shows that FHHs represent 42% of all households. Data indicate that FHHs are endogenous and significantly affected by economic factors.

Economic aspects, Single mothers, Single-parent family, Single parent family

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Maternal Education and Child Height(*)

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A child's height is affected by a mother's education in Jamaica because the more health education that a mother has, the better health and growth her children will have. A father in the household has an even greater effect on a child's height based upon the greater income in the household.

Jamaica, Education, Physiological aspects, Children, Growth, Mother and child, Mother-child relations, Mothers

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