Essays about: "GENDER WAGE GAP"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words GENDER WAGE GAP.

  1. 21. The Gender Wage Gap in Italy : A Quantile Regression Analysis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Roberto Moncada; [2019]
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    Abstract : I investigate the gender wage gap in Italy during the period 1987-2016. The analysis takes advantage of quantile regression framework to estimate gender pay differentials along the wage distribution. The observed gaps show U-shaped patterns during the entire period. READ MORE

  3. 22. Effects of Labor Reforms on Gender Disparities in Pay in the Formal Labor Market in Tanzania

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Frida Tipple; [2018-07-04]
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    Abstract : This study investigates the effect of the implementation of the Employment and Labor Relations Act in 2006 on gender inequalities in pay in the formal labor market in Tanzania. Using data from the Earnings and Employments Surveys before and after the enforcement of the reform, the study is able to construct panel data and estimate difference in difference models to map the effect on the average within-firm wage gap between women and men. READ MORE

  4. 23. The impact of the Equal Pay Act of 2003 on gender equality in the Illinois labour market

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Jon-Samuel Andersson; Gustav Ekman; [2018-07-02]
    Keywords : gender equality; Difference-in-Difference; Synthetic Control Method; Equal Pay Act; labour market; policy evaluation;

    Abstract : Using data extracted through the Current Population Survey (CPS), this thesis evaluates the effects of the Illinois 2003 Equal Pay Act and its amendments. This is done through studying the effects that the implementation of this legislation had on gender specific labour market outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Gender Wage Gap in Spain : An analysis of the impact of the financial crisis on the gender wage gap distribution

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Evelina Aleksandrova Arnaudova; [2018]
    Keywords : gender wage gap; Spain; financial crisis; gender discrimination;

    Abstract : Equality is part of the European policy and legislation. However there are still evident signs of women being treated unequally in the labour market. The aim of the thesis is to answer the question if women are more vulnerable to economic shocks in terms of wage distribution. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Decline of Patriarchy in High-Tech Economies: Economic Growth and the Gender Wage Gap in the East Asian Tigers, 1980-2010

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gefjon Off; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; structural transformation; East Asian Tigers; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Previous research suggests that gender wage discrimination contributes to economic growth in the context of female-dominated low-tech manufacturing and patriarchal employment systems, such as the ones found in the East Asian Tigers in the 1960s to 1980s. In a panel data analysis, this thesis investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap and economic growth in the four East Asian Tigers from 1980 to 2010. READ MORE