Essays about: "gender wage gaps"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words gender wage gaps.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. 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