Gender gaps across the earnings distribution in Britain: are women bossy enough?
Chzhen, Yekaterina ; Mumford, Karen
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2009
30 p.
full time employment ; gender ; skilled worker ; statistics ; wage differential
Discussion Paper Series
4331
Wages and wage payment systems
English
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"This paper investigates gender differences between the log wage distributions of full-time British employees in the public and private sectors. After allowing for positive selection into full-time employment by women, we find significant and substantial gender earnings gaps, and evidence of glass ceilings, in both sectors. The earnings gaps amongst the higher income earners are found to be related to there being a scarcity of senior women in high skilled, white-collar occupations, especially in the public sector."
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