RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Gender wage gap and education: a stochastic frontier approach
A1 García Prieto, María del Carmen
A1 Gómez Costilla, Patricia
K1 Stochastic frontier
K1 Job Search
K1 Gender pay gap
K1 Returns to Education
AB PurposeThe 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/approachThe 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.FindingsA 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/valueIn 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.
PB Emerald Insight
SN 0143-7720
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27864
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27864
LA eng
NO International Journal of Manpower , 2017, Vol. 38 Nº 3, pp: 504-516
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-abr-2024