Gender wage differentials and occupational distribution

Raquel Vale Mendes
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Raquel Vale Mendes: Escola Superior de Gestão/Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave

Notas Económicas, 2009, issue 29, 26-40

Abstract: The study analyzes the role of occupational distribution in explaining the male-female wage gap in the Portuguese economy. The objective is to investigate to what extent gender wage disparities can be explained by occupational segregation. Relying on data from the personnel records for the period 1986-2004, this study uses the Brown, Moon, and Zoloth (1989) wage differential decomposition method to conduct the empirical analysis. The main findings reveal that occupational gender segregation is not a major contributor to the male-female wage gap and that within occupational wage effects play a prominent role in determining the overall differential. Additionally, the results indicate that a substantial portion of wage differentials within occupations potentially stems from wage discrimination.

JEL-codes: J16 J31 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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