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Competition and the Gender Wage Gap: New Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary 1986-2003
Lovász, Anna - 2008
Hungary. During the same time period, firms faced increased competition from both new domestic and foreign firms due to the … that employers that discriminate against women may be forced out of the market by competition in the long run, leading to a …-2003. I estimate the effect of variation in various measures of product market competition, including trade variables, on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494682
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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender - Differences in Well-Being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2007
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper explores whether norms regarding the appropriate pay for women compared to men may explain these findings. In order to capture the spatial variation in such norms, we take community level information on citizens' approval...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390609
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Comparing Apples with Oranges : Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in an International Perspective
Plasman, Robert; Sissoko, Salimata - 2004
Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we examine how wage structure, differences in the distribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262180
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Gender Differences in Competitiveness
Böheim, René; Grübl, Dominik; Lackner, Mario - In: ifo DICE Report 15 (2017) 2, pp. 13-17
Women are globally under-represented in top-tier jobs, and according to recent data, in 2013 only around 20 percent of board members in OECD countries were female (OECD, 2013). In addition, empirical studies using different research strategies and rich data consistently find that women earn less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794311
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Symptoms and Causes: Gender Effects and Institutional Failures
Hashimzade, Nigar; Vershinina, Natalia - In: ifo DICE Report 15 (2017) 2, pp. 22-25
The existence and causes of gender gaps in pay and in occupational choice have been increasingly at the centre of research in economics, sociology, psychology, managerial science, and other fields. The research findings across countries and over time generally suggest that gaps exist and are...
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Market orientation and gender wage gaps: An international study
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2007
in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294049
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Competition, Takeovers and Gender Discrimination
Heyman, Fredrik; Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008
market. Using detailed matched employer-employee data, we analyze how firm takeovers and product market competition are … ownership change, in particular when product market competition is weak. Further, increased competition reduces the gender wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320130
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An Empirical Test of Reder Competition and Specific Human Capital Against Standard Wage Competition
Ludsteck, Johannes; Haupt, Harry - 2007
A firm that faces insufficient supply of labor can either increase the wage offer to attract more applicants, or reduce the hiring standard to enlarge the pool of potential employees, or do both. This simultaneous adjustment of wages and hiring standards has been emphasized in a classical...
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Lohnspreizung und Effizienz
Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2008
Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not necessarily fair. The widening of wage differentials that is currently observed is interpreted in this manner: Skill-biased technological progress increases demand for skilled work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427524
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Do Labor Intensive Industries Generate Employment? Evidence from firm level survey in India
Das, Deb Kusum; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India's organized manufacturing in order to understand the constraints on employment generation in the labour intensive sectors. Using primary survey data covering 252 labour intensive manufacturing-exporting firms across...
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