Earnings Inequality and the Intersectionality of Gender and Ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tanzanian Manufacturing

摘要

Nordman, Robilliard, and Roubaud (2011) conclude that there is a broad consensus regarding the magnitude and explanation of earnings differentials based on ethnicity and gender in sub-Saharan Africa. Across the small but growing literature, however, to date none have considered the intersectionality of gender and ethnicity as a source of earnings inequality in sub-Saharan Africa—as far as we can determine.1 As Mintz and Krymkowski (2011) note, theories of intersectionality view race, ethnicity, and gender not as additive, but as singular sources of inequality. Indeed, there is empirical evidence that gender, race, and ethnicity intersect and provide a possibly causal explanation for earnings inequality (Cotter, Hermsen, and Vanneman 1999) and occupational segregation (England, Christopher, and Reid 1999).