Segregation and gender wage gaps in the private and the public sectors: an analysis of Danish linked employer–employee data, 2002–2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1132-2
Abstract: This paper examines the relation between segregation and the gender wage gap in the public and the private sectors in Denmark from 2002 to 2012. The analysis shows that male–female differences in the share of… read more here.
Keywords: segregation gender; wage; segregation; sector ... See more keywords
What Same-Sex Adoption Laws Can Tell Us About the Gender Wage Gap in the United States
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-022-09835-2
Abstract: Gender wage gaps are frequently explained as resulting from direct discrimination, employers’ preferences over personality traits, and differing labor force attachment. We rely on a natural quasi-experiment using exogenous changes in state-level, same-sex adoption laws… read more here.
Keywords: adoption; wage; wage gap; gender wage ... See more keywords
Millennials and the Gender Wage Gap in the U.S.: A Cross-Cohort Comparison of Young Workers Born in the 1960s and the 1980s
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DOI: 10.1007/s11293-017-9546-6
Abstract: Using two cohorts of young workers born in the early 1960s and early 1980s, this paper analyzes the temporal change in the U.S. gender wage gap and its determinants, which persists for both explained and… read more here.
Keywords: gap; workers born; wage; young workers ... See more keywords
Labor Force Participation Over the Life Course: The Long-Term Effects of Employment Trajectories on Wages and the Gendered Payoff to Employment
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DOI: 10.1007/s13524-019-00845-8
Abstract: In this article, we consider how individuals’ long-term employment trajectories relate to wage inequality and the gender wage gap in the United States. Using more than 30 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey… read more here.
Keywords: long term; wage; employment; gender wage ... See more keywords
Parenthood Penalty and Gender Wage Gap: Recent Evidence from Thailand
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2021.101435
Abstract: This study first examines the evolution of gender wage gap in Thailand, using cross-sectional data from the Labor Force Survey (LFS) for 1985-2017. We find that education, occupation, and industry significantly contribute to gender wage… read more here.
Keywords: thailand; wage; wage gap; gender wage ... See more keywords
Impact of minimum wage increase on gender wage gap: Case of Poland
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.10.021
Abstract: This paper aims at assessing the effect of significant increase in the minimum wage observed in Poland in 2008–2009 on gender wage gap. To check the potentially differentiated effects throughout wage distribution authors analyse the… read more here.
Keywords: impact minimum; increase; minimum wage; wage ... See more keywords
Personality traits, intra-household allocation and the gender wage gap
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.11.003
Abstract: A model of how personality traits affect household time and resource allocation decisions and wages is developed and estimated. In the model, households choose between two modes of behavior: cooperative or noncooperative. Spouses receive wage… read more here.
Keywords: household; personality traits; wage; allocation ... See more keywords
Gender wage gap and firm market power: evidence from Chile
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1985070
Abstract: The main aim of this work is to explain the Chilean gender wage gap using a dynamic monopsony model to estimate the labor supply elasticities at the firm level. Our results suggest that the elasticities… read more here.
Keywords: gender wage; gender; labor; wage gap ... See more keywords
Trading firms and the gender wage gap: evidence from South Africa1
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DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2019.1677162
Abstract: abstract Firms engaged in international trade account for a large share of South Africa’s output and employment. Therefore, their behaviour has potentially large effects on national outcomes including gender inequality. In this paper, we test… read more here.
Keywords: trading firms; trading; gender wage; wage gap ... See more keywords
Is Occupational Licensing More Beneficial for Women than for Men? The Case of Germany, 1993/2015
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DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcz060
Abstract: This article analyzes the relation of gender wage inequality to occupational licensing in Germany in 1993 and 2015. We show that the very particular German licensing system and strong gender segregation lead to an overrepresentation… read more here.
Keywords: gender; occupational licensing; licensed occupations; 1993 2015 ... See more keywords
Vývoj genderové mzdové nerovnosti v České republice za posledních 20 let [The Gender Wage Gap Development in the Czech Republic over the Last Twenty Years]
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DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1165
Abstract: The paper presents an analysis of the development of the gender wage gap in the Czech Republic over the last twenty years, particular attention being paid to the period since 2009. Data on the average… read more here.
Keywords: gender wage; czech republic; wage; development ... See more keywords