The role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France: A cross-country perspective

Marco Palladino, Antoine Bertheau, Cesar Barreto, Dogan Gülümser, Alexander Hijzen, Anne Sophie Lassen, Balázs Muraközy and Oskar Nordström Skans

No 315, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This paper contributes to a better understanding of the role of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap in France and four other European countries using comprehensive linked employer-employee data. The role of bargaining and discrimination is analysed by focusing on systematic differences in wage-setting practices between men and women in the same firm through the estimation of gender-specific firm wage premia. The paper provides three key insights. First, bargaining and discrimination account for only a small part of the gender wage gap in France. Second, the component of the gender wage gap that can be attributed to bargaining and discrimination is higher in high-wage firms in all countries considered. Third, cross-country differences in the importance of bargaining and discrimination in the gender wage gap reflect both systematic differences in wage-setting practices within firms and imperfections in the product market that generate persistent rents.

Keywords: gender wage gap; firm wage premium; bargaining; rent-sharing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J31 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-11-13
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