Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33415 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2038
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We estimate the effect of introducing new workplace practices on the gender gap in wages in the manufacturing sector. We use a unique 1999 survey on work and compensation practices of Danish private sector firms merged to a large matched employer-employee database. Self-managed teams, project organisation and job rotation schemes are the most widely implemented work practices. Our estimates from a difference-in-differences model of wages and work practices show that the wage gains from adopting new workplace practices accrue mainly to males so that the gender gap in pay increases at the level of the firm, in particular among hourly-paid workers. Considering practices individually, however, a few exceptions are seen: the gender wage gap among salaried workers is significantly reduced in firms which offer project organisation, while the gap in pay among workers paid by the hour is significantly reduced with the use of quality control circles. All in all, however, the new economy is not the great equalizer.
Subjects: 
new workplace practices
employer-employee data
wage differentials
gender
JEL: 
J16
J31
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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