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| Title: | | Is there a gap in the gap? Regional differences in the gender pay gap  |
| Authors: | | Hirsch, Boris König, Marion Möller, Joachim |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 4231 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper, we investigate regional differences in the gender pay gap both theoretically and empirically. Within a spatial oligopsony model, we show that more densely populated labour markets are more competitive and constrain employers' ability to discriminate against women. Utilising a large administrative data set for western Germany and a flexible semi-parametric propensity score matching approach, we find that the unexplained gender pay gap for young workers is substantially lower in large metropolitan than in rural areas. This regional gap in the gap of roughly ten percentage points remained surprisingly constant over the entire observation period of thirty years. |
| Subjects: | | Gender pay gap urban-rural differences matching monopsonistic discrimination |
| JEL: | | J16 J42 J71 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090622132 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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