The impact of female managers on the gender pay gap: Evidence from linked employer–employee data for Germany

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We find that increasing the female share in first-level management by 10% points decreases the unexplained within-job gender pay gap by 0.5 log points. The effect is more pronounced for the female share in second-level than in first-level management. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume119
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)348-350
Number of pages3
ISSN0165-1765
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 06.2013
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Economics
  • Discrimination, Female managers, Gender pay gap, Germany