Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20748 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1449
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we examine how wage structure, differences in the distribution of measured characteristics, occupational and industrial segregation contribute to explain the pattern of international differences. Furthermore, we take into account indirect discrimination influencing female occupational and industrial distributions. We find significant impacts of those latter factors on gender differentials. However, the magnitude of their effects varies across countries.
Subjects: 
gender wage gap
wage structure
occupational segregation
industrial segregation
discrimination
JEL: 
J71
J31
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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