Our paper makes a first attempt to address the impact of skills and skill use in the analysis of the gender wage gap … with regard to wage regressions of men as well as women. When we take skills into account in the gender wage gap analysis …, the unexplained part of the gender wage gap is reduced by almost 4 percentage points along the whole wage distribution …

A growing number of academic studies are devoting their attention to the study of the gender wage gap. This paper …, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis and quantile decomposition. Findings suggest that a gender gap in hourly wages exists …

respect of discrimination by gender. Accordingly, much of the discussion focuses on the role of discrimination in driving a …

There are many factors behind the persistent gender wage gap in a in developing economy, such as gender discrimination …, occupational segregation, social norms, and attitudes. To close the gender wage gap, it is mandatory to create gender … gender wage gap for four occupational groups based on skill levels as per ISCO-8 guidelines in case of a developing economy …

define gender prescribed occupations and face endogenous social costs when entering jobs deemed "appropriate" for the other … gender. We show that: (i) workers trade off identity and wage considerations in deciding where to work; (ii) asymmetric … social norms contribute to the gender pay gap by deterring women from entering higher-paying male-dominated sectors; (iii …

gender wage gap. We find that the gender wage gap is canceled for licensed self-employed workers. However, this closure of … the gender wage gap is not mirrored by significant changes in the gender gap in hours worked. Our results are robust using …

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the … Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is … appropriate techniques in the presence of such strong gender segregation . To secure even greater precision we repeat the matching …

This study examines the gender wage gap in the US using two separate cross-sections from the Current Population Survey … (CPS). The extensive literature on this subject includes papers which use wage decompositions to divide gender wag gaps … simply being female on wages. However, to form a complete picture, one should consider that gender wages are affected by a …