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| Title: | | The gender pay gap in the Australian private sector: Is selection relevant across the wage distribution?  |
| Authors: | | Chzhen, Yekaterina Mumford, Karen A. Nicodemo, Catia |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6558 |
| Abstract: | | We use quantile regression and counterfactual decomposition methods to explore gender gaps across the earning distribution for full-time employees in the Australian private sector. Significant evidence of a self selection effect for women into full-time employment (or of components of self selection related to observable or unobservable characteristics) is, interestingly, not found to be relevant in the Australian context. Substantial gender earnings gaps (and glass ceilings) are established, with these earnings gaps found to be predominantly related to women receiving lower returns to their observable characteristics than men. |
| Subjects: | | gender earnings selection quantile distribution |
| JEL: | | J3 J7 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201301212376 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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