South African society experiences poverty, inequality, unemployment, crime, and conflicts. Living with such social realities can affect how people perceive themselves to be able to influence or control their life outcomes and, invariably, their happiness (Martončik, 2019). Thus, the contextual ...
Keywords: gender inequality; decomposition; tax-benefit system; Ireland JEL Classification: J16; J31 1. Introduction The gender gap in earnings, work, and wages is a widely studied topic among social scientists and attracts a great deal of attention among policy makers, the media, and the ...