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Is there a gender wage gap in online labour markets? : evidence from over 250,000 projects and 2.5 million wage bill proposals
Gomez-Herrera, Estrella; Müller-Langer, Frank - 2019
We explore whether there is a gender wage gap in one of the largest EU online labor markets. We provide empirical … evidence for a statistically significant 4% gender wage gap among workers. We also find that female workers propose lower wage … regressions, the gender wage gap virtually disappears, i.e., it is statistically insignificant and very small in magnitude (0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059246
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Workforce composition, productivity and pay : the role of firms in wage inequality
Criscuolo, Chiara; Hijzen, Alexander; Schwellnus, Cyrille; … - 2020
In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity gaps between firms may have contributed to both developments. This paper uses a new harmonised cross-country linked employer-employee dataset for 14 OECD countries to analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203325
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Educational attainment, age and the consequences of job loss : empirical evidence from Germany
Effenberger, Alexandra; Lauber, Verena; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2019
Education is a crucial determinant of labour market success. We investigate whether education is an appropriate means to cushion the negative consequences of job loss and study the role of age as a second major labour market factor. Using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data for the years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111071
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Workforce composition, productivity and pay : the role of firms in wage inequality
Criscuolo, Chiara; Hijzen, Alexander; Schwellnus, Cyrille; … - 2020
In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity gaps between firms may have contributed to both developments. This paper uses a new harmonised cross-country linked employer-employee dataset for 14 OECD countries to analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312260
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An exploration of the determinants of the subjective well-being of Americans during the Great Recession
Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Tassot, Caroline - 2014
This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective wellbeing reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464956
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Improving well-being in the United States
Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Lenain, Patrick; Fleche, Sarah - 2014
Life is quite good in the United States compared to other OECD countries, thanks to strong economic growth and technological progress having lifted average income to high levels. Nonetheless, there is evidence that the benefits from growth have not been sufficiently broad based. Self-reported...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464983
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Women's employment in the textile manufacturing sectors of Bangladesh and Morocco
Miller, Carol (ed.); Vivian, Jessica M. (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001712034
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Making it fair : pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce
Jackson, Sharryn (contributor) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003954331
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Hürden im Erwerbsleben : Aspekte beruflicher Segregation nach Geschlecht
Liesering, Sabine (contributor); Rauch, Angela (contributor) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368170
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Measuring women's economic empowerment : time use data and gender inequality
Ferrant, Gaëlle; Thim, Annelise - 2019
Goals, drawing on learning from the Social Institutions and Gender Index and in-country research by the OECD Policy Dialogue … tasks more equally between men and women by transforming gender stereotypes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060837