Comparing apples with oranges
Subtitle: revisiting the gender wage gap in an international perspective
By: by Robert Plasman, Salimata Sissoko.
Contributors: Sissoko, Salimata
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1449; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1449
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Wages -- European Union countries -- Sex differences.; Wage differentials -- European Union countries.; Sex discrimination in employment -- European Union countries.
Description: "Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we examine how wage structure, differences in the distribution of measured characteristics, occupational and industrial segregation contribute to explain the pattern of international differences. Furthermore, we take into account indirect discrimination influencing female occupational and industrial distributions. We find significant impacts of those latter factors on gender differentials. However, the magnitude of their effects varies across countries"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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