We study the 2011 Austrian Pay Transparency Law, which requires firms above a size threshold to publish internal … reports on the gender pay gap. Using an event-study design, we show that the policy had no discernible effects on male and … female wages, thus leaving the gender wage gap unchanged. The effects are precisely estimated and we rule out that the policy …

and administrative information for the same individual and their partner. We demonstrate that individuals misreport … measures like the gender wage gap. …

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 …

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

also face more discrimination in the labour market, the consequences of overeducation are likely to differ by gender. Using …