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March 1, 2026SpringerOpen Access

Gender wage gap among couples and the role of parenthood across the wage distribution in Turkey

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EAEbru Çağlayan Akay

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Analysis reveals gender wage gap variation among couples due to parenthood in Turkey, highlighting economic disparities.

Key Points

  • This study aims to analyze the gender wage gap among couples and the impact of parenthood on wages in Turkey.
  • Analyzed data from 1198 families with married couples from the Turkish Household Budget Statistics survey of 2018.
  • Employed unconditional quantile regression and decomposition methods to assess wage distributions.
  • Investigated differences in the gender wage gap and parenthood effects on wages across income levels.
  • The gender wage gap exists among couples, particularly larger for lower-paid employees.
  • Lower-paid women experience a significant motherhood wage penalty while fatherhood has minimal impact on men's wages.
  • Fatherhood negatively impacts wages for the highest-paid males.

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Ebru Çağlayan Akay (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a3d811ec16d51705d2e962https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-023-09901-3#citeas
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