Gender Pay Differentials: Cross-National Evidence from Micro-Data

ISBN-13: 9781349281350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 206 str.

B Mahy;R. Plasman;F. Rycx

Opis

This book provides new evidence on the magnitude and sources of pay inequalities between women and men in European countries and New Zealand on the basis of micro data. Particular attention is devoted to job access and workplace practices, promotions and wage growth, sectoral affiliation and rent-sharing, and unobserved heterogeneity and dynamics.

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction; B.Mahy, R.Plasman & F.Rycx PART 1: JOB ACCESS AND WORKPLACE PRACTICES Assessing Gender Discrimination amongst Young People on their Arrival into the Labour Market: Analysis Young Populations of French and Foreign Origin; O.Joseph & S.Lemière High-Performance Work Performances, Incentive Pay Schemes, Worker Evaluation and Male-Female Wages; N.D.Gupta & T.Eriksson PART 2: PROMOTIONS AND WAGE GROWTH Return to Internal Mobility in the Spanish Labour Market: Differences by Gender; D.Garcia Crespo Gender Differences in Wage Growth and Promotion in Luxembourg; P.Van Kerm PART 3: SECTORS, PROFITS AND RENT-SHARING The Gender Pay Gap in Belgium: How Much Do Sectors Matter? F.Rycx & I.Tojerow Gender Wage Inequality and Rent Sharing: Evidence from a German Linked Employer-Employee-Dataset; H.Gartner PART 4: DYNAMICS AND UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY Does Unobserved Heterogeneity Matter? A Panel Data Analysis of the Gender Pay Gap in European Countries, 1994-2001; A.Gangji, C.Orsini & S.Sissoko The Gender Wage Ratio in New Zealand 1997-2003; W.R.J.Alexander, M.Genç & M.Jaforullah Index

O autorze

W. ROBERT J. ALEXANDER Department of Economics, University of Otago, New ZealandTOR ERIKSSON Professor, Aarhus School of Business, DenmarkAMYNAH GANGJI Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumDOLORES GARCIA CRESPO University of Malaga, SpainHERMANN GARTNER Institute for Employment Research, GermanyMURAT GENÇ Department of Economics, University of Otago, New ZealandNABANITA DATTA GUPTA Associate Professor (On Leave), Aarhus School of Business and Research Professor, Danish National Institute of Social Research, DenmarkMOHAMMAD JAFORULLAH Department of Economics, University of Otago, New ZealandOLIVIER JOSEPH Céreq DEVA, FranceSÉVERINE LEMIÈRE Associate Researcher, DULBEA, Free University of Brussels, BelgiumKRISTIAN ORSINI Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumSALIMATA SISSOKO Research Fellow, Department of Applied Economics (DULBEA), BelgiumILAN TOJEROW Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant, Department of Applied Economics (DULBEA), Free University of Brussels, BelgiumPHILIPPE VAN KERM Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies/International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development (CEPS/INSTEAD), Luxembourg