2024-03-28T09:53:20Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/278642021-06-23T10:25:03Zcom_10324_1160com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1314
García Prieto, María del Carmen
Gómez Costilla, Patricia
2017-12-22T10:33:10Z
2017
International Journal of Manpower , 2017, Vol. 38 Nº 3, pp: 504-516
0143-7720
http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27864
10.1108/IJM-11-2015-0186
504
38
516
International Journal of Manpower
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to get deeper insight into the measurement of gender wage gap. A proper method to identify which part of gender wage differences is due to discrimination against women is provided, and the relationship between wage differences and education is studied.
Design/methodology/approach
The stochastic frontier approach is employed to measure wage discrimination against women by using Spanish data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. Mentioned technique allows the authors to split the gender wage gap of workers displaying the same characteristics into two components: the first measures inefficiency in the job search process caused by imperfect information or gender differences concerning preferences regarding working conditions, where as the second takes account of discrimination.
Findings
A significant level of discrimination is found in the Spanish labour market at all educational levels, but this problem is quantitatively more important when low-educated workers are studied, and gender discrimination is lower for highly educated women.
Originality/value
In this paper, workers’ potential wage is estimated, and gender discrimination is measured by the gender potential wage gap, since it is not dependent on other wage determinants such as diverse preferences, unmeasured working abilities or imperfect information.
eng
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Emerald Publishing Limited 2017
Gender wage gap and education: a stochastic frontier approach
info:eu-repo/semantics/article