“…The gender pay gap, according to which women receive lower pay than men for the same work, is observed and has so far been widely analyzed in the literature (Khoreva, 2011; Lips, 2013; Arrazola and de Hevia, 2016; Ravazzini and Chesters, 2018). The gender pay gap is explained by the human capital theory, which seeks its roots in differences in male and female experiences, education, skills, etc., and discriminatory preferences (Barnet-Verzat and Wolff, 2008; Cutillo and Centra, 2017; Tverdostup and Paas, 2017); by institutional theory (Munir Sidani, 2013; Reichborn-Kjennerud and Svare, 2014) or by heterodox theory (Karamessini and Ioakimoglou, 2007).…”