Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/225243 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 689
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
We use a unique survey of the EU labor force to investigate the relationship between occupational licensing and the gender wage gap. We find that the gender wage gap is canceled for licensed self-employed workers. However, this closure of the gender wage gap is not mirrored by significant changes in the gender gap in hours worked. Our results are robust using decomposition methods, quantile regressions, different datasets, and selection correction.
Subjects: 
Licensing
Gender gap
Wages
Female Labour Supply
Quantile regression
Selection
JEL: 
J16
J31
J44
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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