Analysing the gender wage gap (GWG) using personnel records
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In: Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations, Vol. 23, No. 2, 01.06.2009, p. 257-282.
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T1 - Analysing the gender wage gap (GWG) using personnel records
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
AU - Sohr, Tatjana
N1 - Parallel als Online-Ausg. erschienen unter der Adresse http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00451.x
PY - 2009/6/1
Y1 - 2009/6/1
N2 - We use monthly personnel records of a large German company for the years 1999-2005 to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). The unconditional GWG is 15 per cent for blue-collar and 26 per cent for white-collar workers. Different returns to entry age explain a substantial part of the GWG as well as segregation of men and women in different hierarchical levels. The relative GWG increases with increasing tenure for blue-collar but declines for white-collar workers. Taking into account the different impact of general and firm-specific human capital on white-collar and blue-collar occupation, this is consistent with theories of statistical discrimination.
AB - We use monthly personnel records of a large German company for the years 1999-2005 to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). The unconditional GWG is 15 per cent for blue-collar and 26 per cent for white-collar workers. Different returns to entry age explain a substantial part of the GWG as well as segregation of men and women in different hierarchical levels. The relative GWG increases with increasing tenure for blue-collar but declines for white-collar workers. Taking into account the different impact of general and firm-specific human capital on white-collar and blue-collar occupation, this is consistent with theories of statistical discrimination.
KW - Economics
KW - Gender and Diversity
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00451.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00451.x
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 23
SP - 257
EP - 282
JO - Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations
JF - Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations
SN - 1121-7081
IS - 2
ER -