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According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for...
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conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. …
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According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509366
conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509378
We examine the gender wage gap in Austria using new matched employer-employee data from 2007. We investigate the gap at … characteristics, and that about 50% of the gender wage gap cannot be attributed to observable characteristics. The extent of different … (in contrast to low wage jobs, where collective bargaining contracts are binding). -- gender wage differentials ; quantile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009241444
Policies to reduce the gender pay gap feature prominently on the political agenda and interventions in the labor market … are frequently proposed, claiming a persistent wage gap. We examine the change of the gender wage gap in Austria between … unobserved characteristics. -- gender wage differentials ; wage inequality ; decomposition ; matched employer-employee data …
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We examine the gender wage gap in Austria from 2005 to 2017 using data from EU-SILC. The raw wage gap declined from 18 … that the unexplained part of the gender wage gap decreased substantially over the last ten years. The decrease of the … unexplained gender wage gap between the largest gap in this period (2006) and the most recent gap (2017) ranges from 3.7 log …
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