Essays about: "GENDER WAGE GAP"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 43 essays containing the words GENDER WAGE GAP.

  1. 6. Female Managers and the Gender Wage Gap in Sweden

    University essay from

    Author : Sabina Finnigan; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender Wage Gap; Female Managers; Female Wages; Private Sector; Sweden; Regional Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the relation between female representation in private sector decision-making positions and the two predicted variables: the gender wage gap and the average female private-sector wage. Using regional data for Sweden’s 290 municipalities during the year 2014- 2018, OLS and panel fixed effect regression analysis is performed. READ MORE

  3. 7. Female Labor Force Participation and its Driving Forces : A Comparison Study between Japan and Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Jianwei Li; Yuyi Song; [2022]
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    Abstract : One of the interesting phenomenal observed in developed nation is high female labor force participation rate and relatively low fertility rate. Japan has a considerable proportion of its aging population affected by its low fertility rate, while Sweden still has a relatively healthy population structure with slightly above average fertility rate among OECD nations since 2002. READ MORE

  4. 8. Discrimination on the labor market towards immigrant women : Is there a different gender wage gap amongst immigrant women compared to natives?

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

    Author : Emina Peric; Rachel Stigh; [2022]
    Keywords : gender wage; native-immigrant wage gap; immigration; discrimination; women; labor market; wage differentials;

    Abstract : The gender inequality in the labor market has long been a discussed and studied topic, and today it is acknowledged that women are discriminated against and face disadvantages in earnings compared to men. This study aims to further investigate if immigrant women face additional earnings differentials due to their ethnicity, more specifically in the Norwegian labor market. READ MORE

  5. 9. Sectoral Gender Differences: Exploring the Swedish gender wage gap in the 21st century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Emilia Folkesson; [2022]
    Keywords : The gender wage gap; sectoral gender segregation; the welfare state; public sector; private sector; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Globally, men tend to earn more money than women. Even in relatively gender equal countries like Sweden wage differences remain. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Family Gaps in Pay : Empirical Evidence From Japan

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Linda Svedmark; [2021]
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    Abstract : Japan has the second largest gender wage gap among the OECD nations and is falling behind in the progress of gender equality. As research indicates that parenthood greatly contributes to the gender wage gap, this thesis quantifies the magnitudes of the Japanese family pay gaps among women and men and examines which factors mainly contribute to their existence. READ MORE