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A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries …
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A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010207295
This study examines how career interruptions and subsequent wages of employees are related. Using individual panel data of middle managers from the German chemical sector, we are able to differentiate between different reasons for interruptions as well as between various compensation components....
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In this paper, we explore the role of firm segregation on the gender wage gap. Using linked employee-employer data for … gender wage gap across the wage distribution. We find that there is a 'glass ceiling' effect in the Turkish labour market …
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This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …
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Prior research suggests that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap. Yet … for the gender wage gap, even though men work more hours than women on average. However, while the wage returns to hours …. We develop a conceptual framework that reconciles these facts. We show that, under some assumptions, gender differences …
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Estonia has the highest gender wage gap in the European Union and the highest degree of gender segregation by …
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gender pay gap. However, there are also large differences in earnings between men and women within occupations. These … profession-specific gender pay gaps are smaller in professions with a high proportion of employees in the public sector. This … finding indicates that more transparency with respect to earnings could reduce the gender pay gap in the private economy. …
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This paper proposes a new measure of gender differences in access to jobs based on a job assignment model. This measure … show that the gender difference in the probability of getting a job increases along the wage ladder from 9% to 50%. Females … thus have a significantly lower access to high-paid jobs than to low-paid jobs. -- gender ; discrimination ; wages …
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information on employers, to measure the relative bargaining power of men and women and assess the impact of the gender gap in … bargaining strength on the male-female wage gap. We show that a model with additive fixed effects for workers and gender … perform a simple decomposition by assigning the firm-specific wage premiums for one gender to the other. Second, we relate the …
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