Sector-specific gender pay gap: evidence from the European Union Countries

Hedija, Veronika

doi:10.1080/1331677x.2017.1392886

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“…Another factor influencing the gender pay gap is the composition of the management. It turns out, that more diversity in corporate management is beneficial for decreasing the gender pay gap (Ahamed et al, 2019;Mostak, 2019;Rabovsky and Lee, 2018;Carter et al, 2017;Hedija, 2017). Similar opinion is presented by Stojmenovska (2018), who, according to the research carried out, confirms that an increase in the percentage of female managers in the workplace is associated with decreasing the gender pay gap.…”

Section: Level Of Women and Men Remunerations In Researchmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…In the literature on the subject, it is also pointed out that gender pay gap varies from one economic sector to another and from one country to another (Hedija, 2017). The average unjustified gender pay gap is the lowest in public administration and defense and the highest in construction and agriculture, forestry and fishery.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The average unjustified gender pay gap is the lowest in public administration and defense and the highest in construction and agriculture, forestry and fishery. Moreover, it can be noted that in the public sector the gender pay gap is lower than in the private sector (Hedija, 2017;Jones et al, 2018).…”

Section: Level Of Women and Men Remunerations In Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Jonek-Kowalska¹,

Podgórska²,

Musioł-Urbańczyk³

et al. 2020

ERSJ

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Purpose: The main aim of the article is to evaluate and analyze the role, participation and work motivation of women and men in the science sector in Poland. Design/Approach/Methodology: Two research themes are presented during the research. The first one concerns determination of the share and role of women in the academic sector in Poland in 2008-2018 and it is a macro perspective. The second research theme includes motivation factors in research institutes in the light of the surveys' results. Findings: According to the research results the place and role of women in obtaining higher degrees in academic career in Poland (post-doctoral degree and professor's title) was still significantly lower than the place and role of men. Additionally, there were still some inequalities in using motivating factors between men and women. Practical Implications: Sustainable development will not be possible without gender equality and the recognition of women's work. It will also not be possible to achieve the full benefits of this development that serve present and future generations. Therefore, the elimination of diagnosed symptoms of discrimination may contribute to increasing the innovation of scientific research and, as a result, to improving the quality of life in modern world. Originality/Value: Research in this area has not yet been more widely conducted and described in the literature on the subject, therefore its results are a valuable source of information on gender equality in the Polish academic sector.

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Section: Level Of Women and Men Remunerations In Researchmentioning

confidence: 60%

Section: Level Of Women and Men Remunerations In Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Jonek-Kowalska¹,

Podgórska²,

Musioł-Urbańczyk³

et al. 2020

ERSJ

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“…A number of papers adopt a cross-country perspective. Using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data for 24 European Union members, Hedija (2017Hedija ( , pp. 1804Hedija ( -1819 showed that the gender pay gap varies among the countries.…”

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Differences in income distributions for men and women in the European Union countries

Landmesser

2019

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Research background: Recently there has been an increase in interest in the studies of income inequalities. The findings of numerous empirical studies show that males earn higher wages than females. A variety of techniques of income inequalities decomposition are becoming popular. New procedures go far beyond the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. They allow to study differences of income distributions for various groups of people and to decompose them at various quantile points. Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to compare personal income distributions in selected countries of the European Union, taking into account gender differences. Methods: First, we examined the income inequalities between men and women in each country using the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition procedure. The unexplained part of the gender pay gap gave us information about the wage discrimination. Second, we extended the decomposition procedure to different quantile points along the whole income distribution. To describe differences between the incomes of men and women, we constructed the so-called counterfactual distribution, which is a mixture of a conditional distribution of the dependent variable (income) and a distribution of the explanatory variables (individual people’s characteristics). Then, we utilized the residual imputation approach (JMP-approach). Findings & Value added: In the article data from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) were used. We found that there exists an important diversity in the size of the gender pay gap across members of the European Union. The results obtained for these countries allowed us to group them into clusters. In general, there are two types of countries in Europe: the countries, where the bulk of the observed income differences cannot be explained by observed characteristics, and the countries, where the explained and the unexplained effects are both positive, with even a bigger explained effect for the lower income ranges.

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“…One aspect of the gender pay gap that has received very little attention so far concerns its regional dimension. Empirical studies mostly focus on the national level (for example, Jurajda, 2003 for the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Pena-Boquete, De Stefanis, Fernandez-Grela, 2010 for Italy and Spain; Chatterji, Mumford, Smith, 2011 for the United Kingdom; Śliwicki, Ryczkowski, 2014 for Poland) or adopt a cross-country perspective (Olivetti, Petrongolo, 2008;Hedija, 2017;Boll, Lagemann, 2019). However, the gender pay gap varies considerably within a country.…”

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Differences in the Income Distribution of Households Run by Men and Women by Voivodeships

Landmesser

2020

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research background: Household income depends on its demographic composition, age and education of its members, place of residence and many other factors. In our work, we concentrate on the income distribution of Polish households.Purpose: The study aims to compare the household income distributions in Polish voivodeships, taking into account the gender of the family head. We provide evidence on the magnitude and determinants of regional differences in gender-specific income disparities.Research methodology: In order to move beyond estimation based on mean values, we apply the Residual Imputation Approach and extend the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition procedure to different quantile points along the income distribution. To describe the differences between two income distributions we construct a counterfactual distribution and decompose the inequalities into explained and unexplained components.Results: The regional variation of the gender income gap has been explained with individual and jobrelated characteristics. There exists an important diversity in the size of the gender income gap across the Polish provinces. The results obtained for 16 voivodeships allowed us to group them into four clusters: heavily industrialized voivodeships with a large income gap, weakly industrialized with a low income gap, voivodships with large agglomerations characterized by a low gap, and medium-developed voivodeships with a large, U-shaped gap.Novelty: Our results provide novel insights into the regional dimension of the income gap.

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Sector-specific gender pay gap: evidence from the European Union Countries

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Differences in income distributions for men and women in the European Union countries

Differences in the Income Distribution of Households Run by Men and Women by Voivodeships

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