Pfeifer, Christian; Sohr, Tatjana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We use monthly personnel records of a large German company to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). Main findings are: (1 …, entry age, schooling, and working hours, the GWG is 13 percent for blue-collar as well as for white-collar workers; (3 … significant impact on the GWG; (8) the gender gap in absenteeism is between 26 and 46 percent. Overall, the results are consistent …