Research on the gender earnings divide so far mostly focuses on the gender gap in hourly wages which, due to its … snapshot nature, is inappropriate to capture the biographical dimension of gendered pay. With the 'gender lifetime earnings gap …, women accumulated 49.8 % less earnings than men. Thus, the GLEG is more than twice as high as the current German gender pay …

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …

Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality … the individual and consider the importance of the workplace to explain gender pay differentials. That is, we first provide … employees), but look at within-firm gender wage differentials. Our results indicate that the mean GWG within firms is smaller …

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …

This paper provides first-time evidence on the magnitude and determinants of regional differences in the gender pay gap …

Public interest in the gender pay gap has risen significantly over the past years in Germany, but the size of the … gender pay gap has barely changed. A comparison across European countries shows that a lower female labor force participation … rate is associated with a smaller gender pay gap. The gender differences in the characteristics of the labor force, which …

A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany … well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go beyond conventional decomposition techniques of the average gender wage … gap. The paper provides some stylized facts of the level and dynamics of the gender wage gap from 1975-1995. The empirical …

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …

This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable … private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the analysis shows that if a large part of the gender wage gap can be … female human capital is less valued in terms of wages. The gender wage gap narrowing stems mainly from a reduction in gender …

In this paper I study a policy in which employers are required to publicly report gender pay gap statistics. Proponents …’s recent reporting policy, in which employers are mandated to publicly report simple measures of their gender pay gap each year … of the gender pay gap at affected employers. This large-magnitude effect is primarily due to a decline in male wages …