We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has … find robust evidence that, after controlling for selection, there were large declines in the raw and the unexplained gender … and actual labor market experience. However, we note that substantial gender wage gaps remain. In 2015, at the median, the …

female productivity. We explore this issue by analyzing the association between female wages and the gender of their … and establishment gender composition, the negative association is found only among female employees working for lower …

year after the first child is born, mothers’ annual earnings drop by 11% while men’s remain unchanged. The gender gap is …

Wage decompositions suggest that a large share of the gender wage gap can be explained by differences in occupation and … alleviate the gender gap. We test this hypothesis by examining the impact of the 2011 Pay Transparency Law in Austria, which … Austrian job board with social security spells that record the gender of new hires. To compare the pay level of vacancies …

In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces …. We will revisit key stylized facts about gender gaps in employment and wages in a few high-income countries. We then … discuss and build on one gender-neutral force behind the rise in female employment, namely the rise of the service economy …

The gender pay gap is a complex issue caused by a number of interrelated factors and has inevitable impact on the …-segregation by economic activity in the labour market and its relationship to the gender pay gap across Europe. Dissimilarity index … is calculated and sectoral gender based segregation in EU during 2010 was on average 0.30, meaning that 30% of the …

We study the association between the gender of the highest-ranking manager (the CEO) and gender differences in …

The gender wage gap has declined in magnitude over time; however, the gap that remains is largely unexplained due to … gender convergence in key wage determining characteristics. In this paper we show that the degree of gender convergence … can still explain a relatively large proportion of the wage gap. We investigate whether gender differences relating to job …

This article reports the results of a replication of Bobbitt-Zeher’s 2007 article “The Gender Income Gap and the Role …Dieser Beitrag berichtet die Ergebnisse einer Replikation von Bobbitt-Zehers 2007 erschienenem Aufsatz „The Gender …

We analyse impacts of the rising labor force participation of women on the gender wage gap. We formulate and … occupations. Consistent with this we find a narrowing of the gender wage gap towards the upper end of the wage distribution and an … increase in the gender wage gap at the low end. Demand side trends favoured women and this attenuated the supply …