In this paper the extensive empirical literature on the gender wage gap is reviewed with particular attention given to … lead to inconsistent parameter estimates. On the other hand, empirical evidence on the gender wage gap hinges on the …

Previous studies on gender wage discrimination have relied on OLS when estimating the wage equations. However, there … estimates for a number of reasons. Consequently, if we neglect this potential bias in OLS when estimating the gender wage gap … find overwhelming evidence that OLS seriously overestimate the unexplained gender wage gap. …

We use a first-hand linked employer-employee dataset representing the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender … unexplained gender gap, mainly in the upper parts of the wage distribution. Finally, results suggest that employers place greater … existence of sex-specific skills of their workers, which could then widen the within-firm gender wage gap. …

This paper analyzes the effect of selection on ability on the evolution of the gender wage gap during the first years ….6 percentage point higher than their high-ability female counterparts. This contributed to the increase in the conditional gender … conditional gender wage gap between ages 21 and 36. …

Striving for gender equality presents major challenges but the benefits are vast, ranging from reduced conflict, both … within and between communities, to higher economic growth. Unfortunately, Israel's gender wage gap remains one of the highest … among developed countries, despite a growing reverse gender gap in educational attainment. Investigating the gender wage gap …

We estimate the relationship between wages and occupational gender segregation in Sweden. Because of high wage equality … in Sweden compared to the U.S., we expect a lower wage penalty of job femaleness in Sweden than in the U.S. Our results … supports this hypothesis. We also investigate how the unexplained gender wage gap vary across occupations and find that this …

Using normalized regression equations, we propose an alternative estimator of industrial gender wage gaps which is … gender wage gaps after netting out wage differentials due to differences in characteristics and their coefficients between …