Essays about: "GENDER WAGE GAP"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the words GENDER WAGE GAP.

  1. 11. The Migrant- and Gender Wage Gaps in Sweden : Evidence from a Quantile Decomposition

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Tilda Nilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the migrant- and gender wage gaps for female immigrants in the Swedish labour market for 2005. By using Swedish microdata on income and taking advantage of decomposition methods, in particular the Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) and the Recentered Influence Function, proposed by Firpo, Fortin and Lemieux (2018), this thesis analyses the pay gaps at the mean and across the distribution. READ MORE

  3. 12. Leveling Up & Closing the Gap! : Sustainable Fashion Consumers’ Journeys to New Levels of Sustainability

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Tanvir Ahmed; Waqar Ali; [2021]
    Keywords : Fashion; sustainability; sustainable fashion consumption; attitude behavior gap; constraints and enablers; levels of sustainability; socio-environmental impacts;

    Abstract : Fashion democratization over the last few decades made fashion products available at lower costs to everyone in society. It alarmingly increased consumption, leaving drastic impacts on the world's sustainability both on the social and environmental fronts, thereby leading to water and land pollution, dangerous working conditions, sweatshops, wage exploitation, and gender discrimination. READ MORE

  4. 13. A study about gender pay gap for nurses in Denmark : Is there a the gender wage gap for nurses in Denmark?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Marcus Hansen; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender; Earnings; Gap; Discrimination; Nurses; Denmark;

    Abstract : This study investigates the gender earnings gap among nurses in Denmark years 2004-2016. The data at hand will be from Luxembourg Income studies which provided 7078 observations. Furthermore, ordinary least squares method with gender as dummy variable will be conducted. The findings are a raw male-female annual wage gap of 13 percent. READ MORE

  5. 14. Gender and Immigrant Wage Differences Among Swedish Real Estate Brokers: Controlling the Wage Gaps for Actual Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Axel Averås; Olof Tydén; [2020]
    Keywords : labor discrimination; wage differentials; gender; immigrant status; performance pay;

    Abstract : We employ a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to investigate the gender and immigrant wage gaps for Swedish real estate brokers. In addition to customary controls for human capital endowments and family variables, we include measures of actual, on-the-job performance. Our purpose is twofold. READ MORE

  6. 15. The gender wage gap in Italy : Study on the changes in the wage gap during the period of financial crisis

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Boguslawa Aleksandra Stec; Raneem Jisri; [2020]
    Keywords : gender wage gap; financial crisis; pay gap; Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition; Italy;

    Abstract : Everywhere around the world, whether in developing or developed countries, women earn less than men. This phenomenon is in no way new and it has been investigated for many years. Still, in today’s modern society, the wage gap does not appear to be closing. READ MORE