The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences

Iacopo Morchio and Christian Moser

No 11617, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a large gender pay gap due to women working at lower-paying employers. To interpret this fact, we develop an equilibrium search model with endogenous firm pay, amenities, and hiring. We provide a constructive proof of identification of all model parameters. The estimated model suggests that amenities are important for both men and women and that compensating differentials explain half of the gender pay gap. Equal-treatment policies partly close gender gaps but are not output- or welfare-improving.

Keywords: wage inequality; amenities; equilibrium search model; linked employer-employee data; compensating differentials; taste-based discrimination; monopsony power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J16 J31 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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