This paper studies to what extent gender differences in commuting patterns explain the observed disparities between … lower wages. Using pooled data from the American Community Survey, the results indicate that 10% of the gender pay gap among …

This study examines the gender wage gap in the US using two separate cross-sections from the Current Population Survey … (CPS). The extensive literature on this subject includes papers which use wage decompositions to divide gender wag gaps … simply being female on wages. However, to form a complete picture, one should consider that gender wages are affected by a …

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the … Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is … appropriate techniques in the presence of such strong gender segregation . To secure even greater precision we repeat the matching …

gender wage gap. We find that the gender wage gap is canceled for licensed self-employed workers. However, this closure of … the gender wage gap is not mirrored by significant changes in the gender gap in hours worked. Our results are robust using …

respect of discrimination by gender. Accordingly, much of the discussion focuses on the role of discrimination in driving a …

child on gender inequality from the perspectives of labor market outcomes and its mechanisms. Results show that becoming a … work in the formal sector. Moreover, social norms towards gender roles lead mothers to devote more time to housework and …

Motivated by the introduction of the UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting legislation to large firms, defined as over 250 …-legislation variation in the gender pay gap by firm size. In doing so, we integrate two prominent but distinct empirical regularities in the … labour economics literature, namely the gender pay gap and firm-size wage premium. We find evidence of both a larger raw and …

This paper explores the role of performance-related pay to the UK gender pay gap at the mean and across the earnings … jobs explaining 12 per cent of the observed mean gender pay gap and making a larger contribution than many work …-related pay jobs is more important in explaining the gender pay gap at the top end of the wage distribution, consistent with …

We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working … in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is … - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female …