Understanding international differences in the gender pay gap

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Blau, FD; Kahn, LM
• 署名单位: Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/344125
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 106-144
• 关键词: wage differentials; relative wages; UNITED-STATES; LABOR; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; institutions; demand; Europe; POLICY

摘要

Using microdata for 22 countries over the 1985-94 period, we find that more compressed male wage structures and lower female net supply are both associated with a lower gender pay gap, with an especially large effect for wage structures. Reduced-form specifications indicate that the extent of collective bargaining coverage is also significantly negatively related to the gender pay gap. Together, the wage compression and collective bargaining results suggest that the high wage floors that are associated with highly centralized, unionized wage setting raise women's relative pay, since women are at the bottom of the wage distribution in each country.