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| Title: | | Measuring Selectivity-Corrected Gender Wage Gaps in the EU  |
| Authors: | | Heinze, Anja Beninger, Denis Beblo, Miriam Laisney, François |
| Issue Date: | | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 03-74 |
| Abstract: | | We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom), focusing on self-selection into market work. Results show that selectivity correction has an impact on both wage estimates and wage gap decomposition. If there is a positive correlation between the wage and the propensity to participate, the estimated pay gap understates the true difference in earnings when self-selection is ignored. The estimated pay gap differs considerably at different quantiles of the wage distribution, and is sensitive to the choice of estimator. |
| JEL: | | J31 J16 |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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