Essays about: "Gender wage differences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Gender wage differences.

  1. 1. Gender Norms, Temporal Flexibility, and Talent Misallocation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Tzu-Hsi Chen; Ziyuan Wan; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender; Time Allocation; Occupational Choice; Division of Labor; Misallocation;

    Abstract : To what extent do unequal gender roles in the household affect aggregate outputs when there is temporal inflexibility in the labor market? Following Goldin (2014) and Erosa et al. (2022)'s narrative of how disproportionate rewards to long hours create a source of distortion in the labor market, we explore the aggregate effects of gender differences exacerbated by nonlinear wage structures through a static model calibrated on US labor force data. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Great Recession’s Impact on Gender Wage in the Top Quantiles in the US

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

    Author : Noah Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; Discrimination; Great recession; Exogenous shock; Quantile regression; Women; Labour market; Wage differentials;

    Abstract : The gender wage gap in the labour market has long been a topic of study, highlighting the disadvantages faced by women in terms of earningscompared to men. This study aims to investigate if the Great Recession had additional impacts on women's earnings differentials. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. The Migrant- and Gender Wage Gaps in Sweden : Evidence from a Quantile Decomposition

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Tilda Nilsson; [2021]
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    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