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Family, firms and the gender wage gap in France

Coudin, Elise; Maillard, Sophie; Tô, Maxime - 2018

In France, in 2014, women's hourly wages were on average 14.4 % lower than men's. Beyond differentials in observed characteristics, is this gap explained by segregation of women in low-wage firms, or by gender inequality within a given firm? To answer that question, we apply the approach of...

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Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment

Becker, Sascha O.; Fernandes, Ana; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2019

than men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at 'risk' of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a largescale correspondence test in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, sending out approx. 9,000 job applications, varying...

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Decomposition of the Gender Wage Gap Using Matching: An Application for Switzerland

Djurdjevic, Dragana; Radyakin, Sergiy - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 143 (2007) 4, pp. 365-396

gender supports matter in explaining wage differentials. They can be interpreted as a form of "discrimination" in wages …

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Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel : Endowments, Discrimination, and Selectivity

Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2004

occupations. Wage differences are then examined and decomposed into 3 components: Endowments (human capital), discrimination and …

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Comparing Apples with Oranges : Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in an International Perspective

Plasman, Robert; Sissoko, Salimata - 2004

discrimination influencing female occupational and industrial distributions. We find significant impacts of those latter factors on …

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Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands

Plug, Erik; Berkhout, Peter - 2001

A small literature suggests that bisexual and homosexual workers earn less than their heterosexual fellow workers and that a discriminating labor market is partly to blame. In this paper we examine whether sexual preferences affect earnings in the beginning of working careers in the Netherlands....

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Decomposition of the gender wage gap using matching: an application for Switzerland

Djurdjevic, Dragana; Radyakin, Sergiy - 2005

supports matter in explaining wage differentials. We can interpret these differences as a form of 'discrimination' which is …

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Discrimination in Latin America: An elephant in the room?

Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo - 2007

This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of … discrimination, especially against the poor, the uneducated and those who lack connections. The channels through which discrimination … discriminatory practices in the region. This puzzle, where individuals perceive discrimination is in the air, but few act …

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Does gender of firm ownership matter? Female entrepreneurs and the gender pay gap

Kritikos, Alexander; Maliranta, Mika; Nippala, Veera; … - 2024

We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to...

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Choosing and Using Information in Evaluation Decisions

Coffman, Katherine B.; Kostyshak, Scott; Saygin, Perihan O. - 2024

Most studies of gender discrimination consider how male versus female candidates are assessed given otherwise identical … no gender difference or with a female advantage. Perhaps surprisingly, we observe no gender discrimination overall …

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