The Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in the Italian Public Sector: a Quantile Approach for Panel Data

Carolina Castagnetti

No 109, DEM Working Papers Series from University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Management

Abstract: This paper analyzes the gender wage gap in the Italian public sector for the years 2005 - 2010. We find a consistent level of gender wage gaps and an increasing path along the wage distribution. We use quantile regression methods to estimate and decompose the wage gap. The decomposition analysis supports the idea of a glass ceiling mechanism in action. However, the results change dramatically when we take into account the unobserved individual-specific heterogeneity by means of quantile technique for panel data. The evidence of a glass ceilings vanishes and the significant unexplained GWG is almost stable across the distribution.

Keywords: Gender wage gap; quantile regression for panel; public-private wage differential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J3 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2015-11
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