The Gender Pay Gap in EU Countries — New Evidence Based on EU-SES 2014 Data

Christina Boll and Andreas Lagemann ()
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Andreas Lagemann: Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2019, vol. 54, issue 2, 101-105

Abstract: Abstract Gender differences in wages are a persistent pattern in most European countries. This study analyses the earnings divide between men and women and the driving forces behind it in 26 countries. In 2014, the cross-country gender pay gap stood at 14.2%. However, country-level results differ tremendously with high gaps of more than 20% in Estonia and Germany and gaps below 5% in Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Romania. While part of the earnings divide can be explained by gendered sector affi liation and the high share of atypical employment among women, a large portion of the gender pay gap remains unexplained by the data. Even though the gender pay gap statistics are unable to identify the (non-)existence of discrimination, it still calls for diverse measures both at the state and the firm level.

Date: 2019
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