Is there a glass ceiling in Sweden?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Albrecht, J; Björklund, A; Vroman, S
• 署名单位: Georgetown University; Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/344126
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 145-177
• 关键词: female wage gap; Gender discrimination; differentials; pay; US

摘要

Using 1998 data, we show that the gender log wage gap in Sweden increases throughout the wage distribution and accelerates in the upper tail. We interpret this as a strong glass ceiling effect. We use quantile regression decompositions to examine whether this pattern can be ascribed primarily to gender differences in labor market characteristics or in the rewards to those characteristics. Even after extensive controls for gender differences in age, education (both level and field), sector, industry, and occupation, we find that the glass ceiling effect we see in the raw data persists to a considerable extent.