Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2017.1392886
Sector-specific gender pay gap: evidence from the European Union Countries
Veronika Hedija
Abstract
The study aims to determine whether the unexplained gender wage
gap varies in the different sectors of the economy and to identify
the possible causes of these differences. Firstly, we estimate average
treatment effect on the individual sectors to identify the unexplained
part of gender pay gap. To identify the possible causes of observed
variability in unexplained gender wage differences, we use a linear
regression model. Using European Union Statistics on Income and
Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data for 24 European Union (EU) members,
we conclude that the unexplained gender pay gap in the individual
sectors varies both within the individual EU countries and among the
countries. The most important factors in explaining the differences
in the gender pay gap among the individual sectors are ownership
and the proportion of women in the sector. On the other hand,
the proportion of female managers and the proportion of small
companies are not statistically significant factors for the explanation
of the variation in the sector-specific gender pay gaps. To the best
of my knowledge, this study is the first to present fully comparable
estimates of the unexplained sector-specific gender pay gap for the
24 EU countries and to identify the causes of the differences in the
unexplained gender pay gap at the sectoral level.
Keywords
Discrimination; human capital; gender; gender pay gap; labour market; wage differences
Hrčak ID:
203548
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2017.
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