The true gender pay gap: Accounting for the distribution of unpaid labour

Louisa Roos

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 247, issue C

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel method to measure gender pay gaps, incorporating paid and unpaid labour. Decomposition analysis using Swiss labour force data attributes a sizable and persistent share of this pay gap to segregation across paid and unpaid work.

Keywords: Gender pay gap; Unpaid labour; Decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B54 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112144

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