Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256863 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2021-28
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Quezon City
Abstract: 
The world of work is constantly evolving because jobs are created and destroyed, a process that is increasingly becoming conspicuous due to significant technological advances, notably in ICT and computing. Invariably, poor national skills profiles hurt the economy, impede the efficient and timely accumulation of advanced or highly technical skills, and potentially degrade job mobility and wage growth. Thus, understanding the structure of the labor market in the context of occupational skills is essential. This paper provides a skills-based characterization of the labor market and assesses how skills are distributed across the working population, emphasizing key gender differences, and highlighting spatial disparities. It also explains the observed gender pay gap using skills-augmented Mincerian regression models and the 2015 Labor Force Survey. [...]
Subjects: 
skills specificity
occupational skills
gender pay gap
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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