The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Part of the variation can be explained by different patterns of social partnership. With current policy pressure to de-centralise...

National frameworks and the gender pay gap in Italy, Poland and the UK: comparing oranges with apples? / Hazel Conley, Alberto Mattei, Urszula Torbus, Joanna Nowakowska-Malusecka -- Decentralisation and the gender pay gap in the Italian context: case studies / Donata Favaro, Nicoletta Masiero,...

Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we examine how wage structure, differences in the distribution...

We investigate how the wage distribution differs among small and large establishments in four European countries. Findings show that within-establishment wage dispersion rises with size because large employers have a more diverse workforce. They also suggest that screening and monitoring costs...