international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that … both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials between women and men of equal … productivity. Consequently, estimates for the gender wage gap have been published for the most diverse countries at different … points in time. This metastudy provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage …

Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in … robust segregation effects. Working time flexibility and career aspirations do not seem to contribute much to the gender …

Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials between women and men of equal … productivity. This meta-study provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage … data restrictions have the biggest impact on the resulting gender wage gap. Moreover, we are able to show what effect a …

international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that … both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. -- gender wage gap …

comparison group choice. I also use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition and its semiparametric extension to decompose gender wage … differentials with the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) data, while providing separate estimates of the average gender effect on men …, women, and the whole population. -- decomposition methods ; gender wage gaps ; treatment effects …

whether a gender earnings difference can also be observed in a health care system predominantly financed by public insurance … between 2000 and 2004, we find a gender gap in average earnings of about 32 percent. A substantial share of this gap (20 to 47 … explanation for the observed gender earnings difference of physicians. -- Health care financing ; physician earnings ; wage …

We analyze the relationship between social attitudes on gender equality and firms' pay-setting behavior by combining … information about regional votes relative to gender equality laws with a large data set of multi-branch firms and workers. The … acceptance of gender inequality than in branches located in regions with a lower acceptance. The results are similar for …