T he narrowing of the gender gap in pay in the 1980s and 1990s, following decades in which the gap between the hourly earnings of women and men held constant, has been one of the most notable trends in the labor market in recent years. The decline in the gender gap has been all the more remarkable because it occurred while other types of wage inequality were increasing. These recent trends in t...

We survey the literature on effects of increased transparency gender segregated wages pay gap between men and women in comparable jobs. Pay is promoted by countries supra-national institutions we categorize reforms according to their content coverage. A growing number papers have used variations difference-in-difference estimation methods analyze impact (GPG), from these extract four main findi...

This paper attempts to explore the link between rising wage dispersion in Russia over the transitional period and the gender pay gap. The work of Blau and Khan (1996) emphasizes a role for ‘wage structure’ in the determination of the gender pay gap although some interpretational issues concerning their methodology have been raised recently by Suen (1997). The analysis presented here identifies ...

Although there are a variety of studies on the gender pay gap, only a few relate to managerial positions. The present study attempts to fill this gap. Managers in private companies in Germany are a highly selective group of women and men, who differ only marginally in their human capital endowments. The Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition shows that the gender pay gap in the gross monthly salary can h...

Although there are a variety of studies on the gender pay gap, only a few relate to managerial positions. The present study attempts to fill this gap. Managers in private companies in Germany are a highly selective group of women and men, who differ only marginally in their human capital endowments. The Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition shows that the gender pay gap in the gross monthly salary can h...

Using secondary data to obtain results which were representative of the UK population, this research identifies the key components of the persisting gender pay gap. It then quantifies them to assess the contribution of each factor to the remaining gender pay gap in the UK, something which few studies have done before. The research finds that of the factors which explain the gender pay gap, the ...