An Analysis of Wage Differentials between Full- and Part-Time Workers in Spain

Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá () and Hipólito Simón ()
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Esteban Sanromá: University of Barcelona
Hipólito Simón: Universidad de Alicante

No 9257, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This research examines wage differences between part-time and full-time workers using microdata from the Spanish Structure of Earnings Survey. The main contribution of the paper is related to the analysis of differences along the wage distribution using econometric decomposition methods and introducing a regional perspective. The evidence shows that part-time workers in Spain experience a significant wage disadvantage. This disadvantage is worse in the case of female workers and it is not homogenous along the wage distribution, being comparatively more relevant for the most qualified women and becoming positive for the most qualified men. However, the disadvantage is practically explained by the endowments of characteristics, with a leading role of segregation of part-time workers in low-wage firms. From a regional perspective, although in the majority of the regions wage differences tend to be explained by endowments of characteristics, there are several regions where the unexplained part of the differential is significant, particularly in the case of male workers. These regional differences seem to be related to differences in the market power of firms at the regional level.

Keywords: regional differences; wage gap; part-time work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J31 J41 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2015-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lma, nep-ltv and nep-ure
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Forthcoming - published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2017, 38 (3), 449-469

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Working Paper: An analysis of wage differentials between full-and part-time workers in Spain (2015)
Working Paper: An analysis of wage differentials between full- and part-time workers in Spain (2015)
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