significantly reduce the gender test score gap. A remaining gap of 14% of a standard deviation in test scores is unexplained. …

between male and female employees in Germany. I extend the traditional decomposition to disentangle the effect of human … capital characteristics and the effect of firm characteristics in explaining the gender wage gap. Furthermore, I implement the … rent-sharing to a lesser extent than their male colleagues. This is the source of the largest part of the pay gap. Gender …

In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of … selfemployment in lieu of wage work are investigated separately for East and West Germany. Using the 70 %-ZEW-sample of the … factors like age, sex and education, on the status in the labour market. In 1991 in East Germany the probability of aspiring …

We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …

This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen …, taking gender-specific sample selectivity into account. The results indicate that the completion of a minimum level of …