This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable … private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the analysis shows that if a large part of the gender wage gap can be … female human capital is less valued in terms of wages. The gender wage gap narrowing stems mainly from a reduction in gender …

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 …

with wide variation in regional dialects. We use a variety of strategies in estimation, including an instrumental variables … estimators show that speaking with a distinctive regional accent reduces wages by an amount that is comparable to the gender wage …

market decisions around this margin. The resulting survey bias leads to a considerable overestimation of policy relevant … measures like the gender wage gap. …

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