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 …

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential … amongst graduates. Using data from the labour force surveys of the United Kingdom and Germany, we find similar results in …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …

In this paper we investigate the evolution of the gender wage gap over early careers of skilled workers in Germany …