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Analysing the Gender Wage Gap Using Personnel Records of a Large German Company

Pfeifer, Christian; Sohr, Tatjana - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We use monthly personnel records of a large German company to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). Main findings are: (1 … significant impact on the GWG; (8) the gender gap in absenteeism is between 26 and 46 percent... …

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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination : The Gender Difference

Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...

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The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus

Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

have reduced, in the case of Belarus women activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender …Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates …

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Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation

Jasso, Guillermina; Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper develops a framework for studying individuals ideas about what constitutes justcompensation for chief executive officers (CEOs) and reports estimates of just CEO pay andthe principles guiding ideas of justice. The sample consists of students pursuing a Master ofBusiness Administration...

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The Role of Educational Choice in Occupational Gender Segregation : Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago

Sookram, Sandra; Strobl, Eric - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we …

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Work-Life Balance Practices and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction in the UK : Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Asadullah, Niaz; Fernández, Rosa M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

characteristics such as WLB andgender segregation boost the satisfaction of women proportionately more than that of men … satisfaction but similarly for bothdemographic groups thereby reducing the gender gap in job satisfaction only slightly. Still …

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A Gender Perspective on Self-Employment Entry and Performance as Self-Employed

Joona, Pernilla Andersson; Wadensjö, Eskil - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

paper investigates variations in recruitment to self-employment and in self-employment performance by gender and by …

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On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations : Theory, Policies and Some Empirical Evidence

Rica, Sara de la; Dolado, Juan José; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This paper considers a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations that leads to a multiple equilibrium of gender gaps … most of the related literature, our model fully relies on statistical discrimination. If firms believe that women will quit …

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Feedback and Incentives : Experimental Evidence

Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through the production period, and continuously updated...

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The Gender Earnings Gap inside a Russian Firm : First Evidence from Personnel Data - 1997 to 2002

Dohmen, Thomas; Lehmann, Hartmut; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

determinants of the gender earnings gap in an internal labor market during late transition. The gap is sizable but declines … strongly over the entire period. Gender earnings differentials are largest for production workers who constitute the largest …

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