Gender wage gap across the distribution: What is the role of within- and between-firm effects?

This paper studies the role of within- and between-firm effects on the gender wage gap (GWG). Using linked employer–employee data for Turkey for 2006 and 2014, we show that the wage gap among comparable men and women is much wider within establishments than between establishments. Our distributional...

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Autor principal:	Kaya Ezgi
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	gender wage gap within- and between-establishments wage distribution j16 j31 j71 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration JV1-9480 City population. Including children in cities, immigration HT201-221
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc56a62a07e147acb99b039198b3ca852021-12-05T14:11:08ZGender wage gap across the distribution: What is the role of within- and between-firm effects?2520-178610.2478/izajodm-2021-0014https://doaj.org/article/cc56a62a07e147acb99b039198b3ca852021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0014https://doaj.org/toc/2520-1786This paper studies the role of within- and between-firm effects on the gender wage gap (GWG). Using linked employer–employee data for Turkey for 2006 and 2014, we show that the wage gap among comparable men and women is much wider within establishments than between establishments. Our distributional analysis shows a more pronounced gap among highly paid workers, consistent with the presence of a glass-ceiling effect. This effect, however, is more apparent within establishments than between establishments, and it is the former that drives the economy-wide glass ceiling that women face. We also find that between 2006 and 2014, the GWG in Turkey widened at all points in the wage distribution, and that this widening was more pronounced within establishments than between establishments.Kaya EzgiSciendoarticlegender wage gapwithin- and between-establishmentswage distributionj16j31j71Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migrationJV1-9480City population. Including children in cities, immigrationHT201-221ENIZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 32-34 (2021)
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description	This paper studies the role of within- and between-firm effects on the gender wage gap (GWG). Using linked employer–employee data for Turkey for 2006 and 2014, we show that the wage gap among comparable men and women is much wider within establishments than between establishments. Our distributional analysis shows a more pronounced gap among highly paid workers, consistent with the presence of a glass-ceiling effect. This effect, however, is more apparent within establishments than between establishments, and it is the former that drives the economy-wide glass ceiling that women face. We also find that between 2006 and 2014, the GWG in Turkey widened at all points in the wage distribution, and that this widening was more pronounced within establishments than between establishments.
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title	Gender wage gap across the distribution: What is the role of within- and between-firm effects?
title_short	Gender wage gap across the distribution: What is the role of within- and between-firm effects?
title_full	Gender wage gap across the distribution: What is the role of within- and between-firm effects?
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Gender wage gap across the distribution: What is the role of within- and between-firm effects?

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