Essays about: "wage differentials"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words wage differentials.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Native-immigrant Earnings Differentials for Employees and Self-Employed

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Gülsah Altin; Mohamed Shafi Shoble; [2022]
    Keywords : Immigrants; Earnings Differentials; Self-Employment;

    Abstract : Abstract  This study investigates the native-immigrant earnings differential in self-employment and wage employment in Sweden. The main research question is whether the earnings differential between immigrants and natives differs when immigrants are self-employed. 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. 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. 5. 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