Theory and Evidence on the Glass Ceiling Effect Using Matched Worker-firm Data

Jellal, Mohamed; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Wolff, François‐Charles

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“…As these different studies highlight the potential role of firm's characteristics, the wage differential depending on the type of sector for instance, it may be important to take firm characteristics into account in the gender wage gap analysis [4]. Using a French employer-employee matched data set, Jellal et al (2007) provided quantile estimates of the magnitude of the glass ceiling effect, with controls for the firms' features in the various earnings equations. The results are two-fold.…”

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“…These findings clearly shed light on the important role played by firms' characteristics. As suggested in Jellal et al (2007), the omission of firm-specific factors may be harmful when estimating the magnitude of the wage gap and assessing the relevance of the glass ceiling effect.…”

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“…Family-oriented policies encourage women to enter the labour market, but the generous benefits of such policies also tend to lessen their career commitment. Jellal et al (2007) suggested that employers may face uncertainty on women's level of productivity. Indeed, women are characterised by more discontinuous careers because of births and specialization in domestic tasks.…”

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Gender wage gap and the glass ceiling effect: a firm‐level investigation

Barnet‐Verzat

Wolff

2008

International Journal of Manpower

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to assess the relevance of the glass ceiling effect, according to which the gender log wage gap accelerates in the upper tail of the wage distribution, at the firm level. Design/methodology/approach -The empirical analysis is based on a sample of 4,654 employees, working in a French private company from the Defence and Aerospace sector. Quantile wage regressions were used to study whether a glass ceiling effect exits at the firm level. The difference between the male and female wage distributions is also decomposed into two components, one due to differences in labour market characteristics between men and women and one due to differences in rewards to these individual characteristics. Findings -It was found that the gender wage gap measured through OLS is quite low, less than 8 per cent when controlling for age, experience, qualification and location. It remains rather flat along the wage distribution, a result which casts doubt on the glass ceiling theory. The gender gap is mainly due to differences in labour market characteristics rather than to differences in the rewards of these characteristics, especially among executives. Finally, women face a lower probability of reaching higher hierarchical positions within the firm. Research limitations/implications -Taking into account firm effects matters when measuring the magnitude of the gender wage throughout the wage gap distribution. Originality/value -This paper presents original estimates of the gender wage gap with an unusual, firm-based sample of workers.

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Gender wage gap and the glass ceiling effect: a firm‐level investigation

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Wolff

2008

International Journal of Manpower

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“…Employees are most often reluctant to invest in women's training, for instance, because women have more favourable outside opportunities than men within the household. Jellal et al (2006) introduce uncertainty on the female productivity in a competitive labour market model. Women are likely to have more frequently interrupted careers (because of birth event for instance), and they may choose to quit the labour force either to spend time with children or to care for elderly parents.…”

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Evidence on the glass ceiling effect in France using matched worker-firm data

Jellal

Nordman²,

Wolff

2008

Applied Economics

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In this article, we investigate the relevance of the glass ceiling hypothesis in France, according to which there exist larger gender wage gaps at the upper tail of the wage distribution. Using a matched worker-firm data set of about 1 30 000 employees and 14 000 employers, we estimate quantile regressions and rely on a principal component analysis to summarize information specific to the firms. Our different results show that accounting for firm-related characteristics reduces the gender earnings gap at the top of the distribution, but the latter still remains much higher at the top than at the bottom. Furthermore, a quantile decomposition shows that the gender wage gap is mainly due to differences in the returns to observed characteristics rather than in differences in characteristics between men and women.

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Quantile Regression and the Gender Wage Gap: Is there a Glass Ceiling in the Turkish Labor Market?

Kaya¹

2010

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Cardiff Economics Working PapersThis working paper is produced for discussion purpose only. These working papers are expected to be published in due course, in revised form, and should not be quoted or cited without the author's written permission. ABSTRACTRecent studies from different countries suggest that the gender gap is not constant across the wage distribution and the average wage gap provides limited information on women's relative position in the labour market. Using micro level data from official statistics, this study explores the gender wage-gap in Turkey across the wage distribution. The quantile regression and counterfactual decomposition analysis results reveal three striking features of the Turkish labour market. The first is that the gender wage gap is more pronounced at the upper tail of the wage distribution, implying the existence of a glass ceiling effect for women in the Turkish labour market. The second is that, the glass ceiling effect in Turkey is not observed in the raw gender wage gap and only revealed after controlling for workers' labour market qualifications implying that women are better qualified and better educated than their male counterparts' at the upper tail of the wage distribution. The third finding is that despite the narrowing effect of the women's relative labour market qualifications, the glass ceiling effect in the Turkish labour market exists due to unequal treatment of men and women and the increasing labour market discrimination toward women as we move up the wage distribution.

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Theory and Evidence on the Glass Ceiling Effect Using Matched Worker-firm Data

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Gender wage gap and the glass ceiling effect: a firm‐level investigation

Gender wage gap and the glass ceiling effect: a firm‐level investigation

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