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 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 …

transfer (SET) mandate implemented in Sweden in 2003, following which the share of twin births showed a precipitous drop of 70 …

leverage a single embryo transfer (SET) mandate for IVF procedures implemented in Sweden in 2003, following which the share of …

In this paper, we use matched worker-firm register data from Sweden to examine the career dynamics of high-skill women … gender log wage gap among these workers. We then examine whether gender differences in firm-to-firm mobility help explain the … patterns in wages that we see. Men and women both exhibit greater mobility early in their careers, but there is little gender …

contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our … analysis is based on a decomposition that reveals what portion of the gender wage gap may be attributed to: (1) the motherhood … wage penalty, (2) the fatherhood wage premium, and (3) the gender wage gap among childless individuals. Our findings …

Previous studies on gender wage discrimination have relied on OLS when estimating the wage equations. However, there … estimates for a number of reasons. Consequently, if we neglect this potential bias in OLS when estimating the gender wage gap … find overwhelming evidence that OLS seriously overestimate the unexplained gender wage gap. …