Palomino, Frédéric; Peyrache, Eloïc-Anil - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 76 (2010) 3, pp. 563-573
Basing our work on the literature on psychology that highlights differences in confidence levels between men and women, we provide a rationale for the simultaneous existence of the two dimensions of the gender wage gap: (i) on average, men earn more than women and (ii) the difference in wages...