Labour market segmentation and the gender wage gap in Spain
Fernando Núñez Hernández,
Carlos Usabiaga,
Pablo Álvarez de Toledo
Abstract:PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG) in Spain adopting a labour market segmentation approach. Once we obtain the different labour segments (or idiosyncratic labour markets), we are able to decompose the GWG into its observed and unobserved heterogeneity components.Design/methodology/approachWe use the data from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives for the year 2021 (matched employer–employee [EE] data). Contingency tables and clustering techniques are applied to employment… Show more
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