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Job Sorting in African Labor Markets Marcel Fafchamps, CSAE, University of Oxford Måns Söderbom, CSAE, University of Oxford Najy Benhassine, The World Bank WPS/2006-02 Download the Paper (PDF format) - January 1, 2006 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: Using matched employer-employee data from eleven African countries, we investigate if there is job sorting in African labor markets. We find that much of the gap correlated with education is driven by selection across occupations and firms. This is consistent with educated workers being more effective at complex tasks like labor management. In all countries the education wage gap widens rapidly at high levels of education. Most of the education wage gap at low levels of education can be explained by selection across occupations. SUGGESTED CITATION: Marcel Fafchamps, Måns Söderbom, and Najy Benhassine, " Job Sorting in African Labor Markets" (January 1, 2006). The Centre for the Study of African Economies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 246. http://www.bepress.com/csae/paper246