LABOR-MARKET SEGMENTATION AND THE GENDER WAGE DIFFERENTIAL: AN INDUSTRY-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING DATA FROM THE 1998 SWISS WAGE STRUCTURE SURVEY

In this paper, the relationship between labor-market segmentation and the genderwage gap is analyzed with data from the 1998 Swiss Wage Structure Survey. It is shown thatin three selected industries (health-care industry, catering industry, banking and insuranceindustry) the unexplained and potentially discriminatory gender wage differential issubstantially larger in the primary than in the secondary segment. This lends support to the(predominantly Institutionalist) notion that the secondary segment is primarily affected bycompetitive market forces...

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Authors:	Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht <St. Gallen>
Subject:	Frau \| woman \| Arbeitsmarktsegmentierung \| labor-market segmentation \| Mann \| Lohngerechtigkeit \| gender wage gap

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Series:	Universität St.- Gallen - Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht - Diskussionspapiere Diskussionspapiere des Forschungsinstituts für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht ; 75 (2001)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J44 - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations ; J71 - Discrimination ; Sociological and psychological aspects ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Switzerland
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)