The male-female wage gap in France - differences across the wage distribution

Robert Breunig and Sandrine Rospabe
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Sandrine Rospabe: Université de Rennes I, France

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2013, vol. 16, issue 1, 155-199

Abstract: We use a semi-parametric method to decompose the difference in male and female wage densities into two parts--one explained by characteristics and one which is attributable to differences in returns to characteristics. We demonstrate that one learns substantially more about the gender wage gap in France through this analysis than through standard parametric techniques. In particular, we find that there are no unexplained differences in male and female earnings distributions in the bottom fifth of the data. Occupation and part-time status are the most important determinants of the wage gap for all workers. In the semi-parametric estimates we find that education plays no role in the wage gap once we account for occupation and part-time status. JEL Codes: J16 J31 J7

Date: 2013
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