A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany … well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go beyond conventional decomposition techniques of the average gender wage … gap. The paper provides some stylized facts of the level and dynamics of the gender wage gap from 1975 - 1995. The …

This paper contributes descriptive evidence on the development of the gender wage gap for different skill groups and …

of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates … birth cohort membership. The estimation results allow for the construction and comparison of gender and skill specific life … over time, the results confirm a persistent gender gap in the pattern of labor market participation and employment over the …

gender education gap. …

This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … persistent gender wage gap over experience, the gap has decreased over time. Second, in the lower part of the wage distribution … distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …

We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain … to participate, the estimated pay gap understates the true difference in earnings when self-selection is ignored. The … estimated pay gap differs considerably at different quantiles of the wage distribution, and is sensitive to the choice of …

, performance related pay schemes and other relevant trends in personnel policy on the gender wage gap. Our results indicate that … that we use linked employer-employee data to look at within-firm gender wage differentials. To investigate the theoretical … hypotheses regarding the effect of selected human resource measures on gender wage inequality, we calculate a firm …