Pay gaps – an $18 billion a year issue

David Maré

No 22_45, Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: This note estimates the aggregate size of gender and ethnic pay gaps in New Zealand. The gender pay gap represents $7.6 billion per year, or 5% of wages and salaries. Gender and ethnic pay gaps combined represent $17.6 billion per year, or 11% of wages and salaries. The note also discusses recent research that identifies the contributions of gender and ethnic differences in personal and job characteristics, and points to the important role of within-firm pay gaps.

Keywords: Gender pay gap; Ethnic pay gaps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J16 J31 J70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2022-10
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