Swimming with the Tide: Solidary Wage Policy and the Gender Earnings Gap

Edin, Per-Anders; Richardson, Katarina

doi:10.1111/1467-9442.00271

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“…By 1981, the average gender gap had declined by about ten percentage points, but this gap then remained more or less stable to 1991 and then, according to our data, increased slightly by the end of the 1990's. These developments in the average gender gap appear to have been driven by corresponding developments in the overall wage distribution (Edin and Richardsson, 2001). The importance of the overall wage distribution for the magnitude of the average gender gap is also emphasized by Blau and Kahn (1996).…”

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Is There a Glass Ceiling in Sweden?

Albrecht

Björklund

Vroman

2003

Journal of Labor Economics

707

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Abstract:Using data from 1998, we show that the gender log wage gap in Sweden increases throughout the wage distribution and accelerates in the upper tail of the distribution, which we interpret as a glass ceiling effect. Using earlier data, we show that the same pattern held at the beginning of the 1990's but not in the prior two decades. Further, we do not find this pattern either for the log wage gap between immigrants and nonimmigrants in the Swedish labor market or for the gender gap in the U.S. labor market. Our findings suggest that a gender-specific mechanism in the Swedish labor market hinders women from reaching the top of the wage distribution. Using quantile regressions, we examine whether this pattern can be ascribed primarily to gender differences in labor market characteristics or to gender differences in rewards to those characteristics. We estimate pooled quantile regressions with gender dummies, as well as separate quantile regressions by gender, and we carry out a decomposition analysis in the spirit of the Oaxaca-Blinder technique. Even after extensive controls for gender differences in age, education (both level and field), sector, industry, and occupation, we find that the glass ceiling effect we see in the raw data persists to a considerable extent.JEL Classification: J16, J71

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Less than half of the gap can be explained by factors such as differences in years of schooling, experience, and tenure (Le Grand 1991, Edin andRichardsson 2001). Further, differences in working conditions do not seem to matter at all for the gender gap (Palme and Wright 1992).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is There a Glass Ceiling in Sweden?

Albrecht

Björklund

Vroman

2003

Journal of Labor Economics

707

602

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“…Edin and Richardson (2002) present a different picture for Sweden during the late 1970s until the early 1990s that was characterized by increases in wage compression and a decline in the gender wage gap during the 1970s and 1980s that then stabilized. They do not find any strong wage structure effects.…”

Section: The Decomposition Of Changes In the Gender Wage Gapmentioning

confidence: 85%

The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries

Kunze

2017

The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy

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Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then review methods used to decompose the gender wage gap and the results from such decompositions. We discuss how trends and differences in the gender wage gap across countries can be understood in light of non-random selection and human capital differences. We then review the evidence on demand-side factors used to explain the existing gender wage gap and then discuss occupational segregation. The chapter concludes with suggestions for further research.

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“…To illustrate this more clearly, we calculated the position of each women in each country in the male earnings distribution in their 13 In a similar vein, Edin and Richardson (1999) find that changes in solidarity wage policy have been an important factor in narrowing the gender earnings gap within a country (Sweden) over time.…”

Section: Differences In Wage Structurementioning

confidence: 99%