Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173302 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
GUT FME Working Paper Series A No. 6/2013 (6)
Publisher: 
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk
Abstract: 
We propose an empirical analysis of testing the relationship between gender wage gap and economic growth. The study takes into account 12 manufacturing sectors in 18 OECD countries for the period between 1970 and 2005.We use industrial statistics (EU KLEMS, 2008) on female and male wages that distinguish between wages paid to different groups of workers classified according to skill level: high, medium and low. We estimate augmented production function where the male-female wage differentials constitute a potential channel influencing growth (positively or negatively). Our research is motivated by the ambiguous results of previous empirical studies (e.g.: Seguiono, 2000; Busse and Spielmann, 2006; Seguino, 2011; Schober and Winter-Ebmer, 2011). Our main findings indicate that gender wage gap for high, medium and low-skilled workers is negatively correlated with sectoral growth. At the same time we confirmed the positive role of trade and human capital. The results are confirmed in number of robustness checks.
Subjects: 
gender wage gap
economic growth
manufacturing sectors
JEL: 
J16
J31
F43
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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