The goal of this paper is to examine the patterns and movements of the gender pay gaps in the countries of the former …-analysis of this literature. Gender pay gaps in the region are considerable and above the levels observed in advanced economies …. Similar to advanced economies, industrial and occupational segregation widens the gaps in the FSU countries, whereas gender …

Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials between women and men of equal … productivity. This meta-study provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage … data restrictions have the biggest impact on the resulting gender wage gap. Moreover, we are able to show what effect a …

Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials between women and men of equal … productivity. Consequently, estimates for the gender wage gap have been published for the most diverse countries at different … points in time. This metastudy provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the … the changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender … mitigated and/or the gender gap in unobserved skills was reduced. Between 1981 and 1991 there is a small increase in the gender …

, the largest factor was that the unexplained gender wage gap fell much faster in the 1980s than the 1990s. Our evidence … suggests that changes in labor force selectivity, changes in gender differences in unmeasured characteristics and in labor … convergence of the unexplained gender pay gap. …

differentials between sectors by gender and between men and women by sector are carried out. Results indicate that when controlled … public administration, there is a large gender wage-gap in the private sector in favor of men. Private returns to schooling …

sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …

's wages are at parity in public administration, there is a large gender wage- gap in the private sector. Lower private returns …