Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Gender Inequality in the Global Labor Market: A Feminist Economics Approach, Taylor & Francis Ltd, ss.51-70, 2024
Women are often drawn home when they have young children and face an interrupted career in the labor market. Analyses of gender pay gaps place the impact of this wage penalty in the unexplained part of wage gaps. In this chapter, our goal is to delve deeper into the patterns of wage penalties faced by women working in the labor market, exploring the gendered care gap in Turkey. The chapter is based on the empirical analysis using the 2011–2019 Income and Living Conditions Survey (SILC) data compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The raw average wage gap between mothers and fathers is 14%, while the gap among women with and without children is 8% in Turkey over the ten years. Correcting the selection bias in the sample, the Heckman model provides consistent estimates with the raw wage differentials identified. The analysis reveals a significant wage penalty of 7.1% between mothers and non-mothers during the period, while the wage gap between mothers and fathers is as high as 28.9%. These findings provide evidence of significant wage inequalities based on parental status, with mothers facing a wage penalty. In contrast, fathers receive a wage premium of 3.3% and have higher average wages than non-fathers.