percent in 2007. We observe that women's improved educational attainments were partly offset by a shift in the demand for … skilled workers that disadvantaged unskilled labour. The main determinant of this decline is however the improvement of women …

women: their wages are at par or higher in public administration than in the private sector. Further, while men's and women … each sector for men and women separately. Oaxaca decomposition of the wage differentials between sectors for men and women … administration wages are at parity or lower than private sector wages in particular at the university level. State Economic …

affected by gender in Britain; men display behaviour characteristic of competitiveness whilst women do not. …

We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … households. In equilibria where men are over-represented in fulltime work, we show that firms rationally choose to hire women … only at strictly lower wages than men. The model developed predicts a gap even controlling for education, occupation and …