Inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap
Subtitle: evidence from European countries
By: by Brenda Gannon ... [et al].
Contributors: Gannon,  Brenda
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1563; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1563
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Wage differentials -- Europe -- Case studies.; Sex discrimination in employment -- Europe -- Case studies.; Collective bargaining -- Europe -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set, the 1995 European Structure of Earnings Survey. Findings show the existence of significant inter-industry wage differentials in all countries for both sexes. While their structure is quite similar for men and women and across countries, their dispersion is significantly larger in countries with decentralised bargaining. These differentials are significantly and positively correlated with industry profitability. The magnitude of this correlation, however, is lower in countries with centralised and coordinated collective bargaining. Further results show that in all countries more than 80% of the gender wage gaps within industries are statistically significant. Yet, industries having the highest and the lowest gender wage gaps vary substantially across European countries. Finally, results indicate that industry effects explain between 0 and 29% of the overall gender wage gap"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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