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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2009
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
BGPE Discussion Paper No. 83
Verlag: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE), Nürnberg
Zusammenfassung: 
In this paper, we investigate regional differences in the gender pay gap both theoretically and empirically. Within a spatial oligopsony model, we show that more densely populated labour markets are more competitive and constrain employers' ability to discriminate against women. Utilising a large administrative data set for western Germany and a fexible semi-parametric propensity score matching approach, we and that the unexplained gender pay gap for young workers is substantially lower in large metropolitan than in rural areas. This regional gap in the gap of roughly ten percentage points remained surprisingly constant over the entire observation period of thirty years.
Schlagwörter: 
Gender pay gap
urban-rural differences
matching
monopsonistic discrimination
JEL: 
J16
J42
J71
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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