wage gap was as large as 41% at the end of the communist period in Estonia. The large gender wage gap under communist rule …This paper looks at the gender wage gap throughout the transition from communism to capitalism and throughout a time of … rapid economic convergence. The case of Estonia is used, and micro data from the Labour Force Survey from 1989 to 2020 are …

women's wages, and consequently, to the formation of the gender wage gap. To derive the relative contribution of gender … specific wage inequalities caused by the parenthood to the overall gender wage gap, we provide a modification of standard … Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method, and correct simultaneously for selection into work and parenthood. Contrary to our …

considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. … characteristics of the individual's partner. In an empirical application, we find that this extended decomposition explains …

This paper proposes a new decomposition method to understand how gender pay gaps arise within firms. The method …

considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. … characteristics of the individual's partner. In an empirical application, we find that this extended decomposition explains …