DISPARITES SALARIALES ET GENRE SUR LE MARCHE DU TRAVAIL AU SENEGAL.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the factors behind wage disparities between men and women through the
model of Blinder and Oaxaca (1973). The results showed that there is a pay gap of 6.50% in
the formal private sector; 6.32% in the informal private sector and 3.80% in the public sector.
In the private sector (formal and informal), almost all wage disparities between men and
women (94%) areexplained by discrimination against women. In the public sector, almost
one-third of the wage gap is correlated with differences in individual characteristics that are
more favorable to men.