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 …

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 …

2016, there was an average gender pay gap of 30 percent in gross hourly earnings. If gender-specific differences in … experience explains the gender pay gap to almost a quarter according to the present study based on data from the Socio …-Economic Panel (Sozio-ökonomisches Panel, SOEP). In order to reduce the gender pay gap, measures are needed to counteract the large …

An important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap is the way the labor market … individual labor market outcomes and the way attractiveness affects gender wage differentials. Further research is needed on the … transmission and the effect this has on the gender wage gap. …

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …

’ hiring and pay-setting policies on the gender earnings gap in Canada. Consistent with the existing literature and following … proportion of women hired at high-wage firms, or sorting – and pay-setting policies – due to differences in pay by gender within …

This paper studies the role of within- and between-firm effects on the gender wage gap (GWG). Using linked employer …

' hiring and pay-setting policies on the gender earnings gap in Canada. Consistent with the existing literature and following … proportion of women hired at high-wage firms, or sorting – and pay-setting policies – due to differences in pay by gender within …