International Journal of Manpower: Volume 35 Issue 3

The gender gap of returns on education across West European countries

Concetta Mendolicchio, Thomas Rhein

The purpose of this paper is to study the gender specific private returns on education (RE) in Europe in a comparative perspective. The authors extend the model of de la Fuente…

Depression affecting work performance: gender differentials across occupations

Pablo Arocena, Imanol Nuñez

– The purpose of this paper is to study the incidence of depression affecting work (DAW) performance and estimates gender differences across occupations.

Wage formation and gender wage gaps: is there a role for job-task evaluation schemes?

Rita Asplund, Reija Lilja

Both academia and policymakers express a strong belief in higher average education levels exerting a narrowing impact on wage inequality in general and gender wage gaps in…

Getting what (employers think) you’re worth: Evidence on the gender gap in entry wages among university graduates

Julia Bredtmann, Sebastian Otten

– The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the gender wage differential of labor market entrants and the determinants of their starting wages.

Glass ceiling or sticky floor? Quantile regression decomposition of the gender pay gap in China

Lin Xiu, Morley Gunderson

– The purpose of the paper is to analyse how the male-female pay gap in China varies across the pay distribution and to provide evidence on the factors that influence that gap.

The gender wage gap among Spanish managers

Sergio Scicchitano

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence of sticky floor and glass ceiling effects in the gender wage gap (GWG) among Spanish managers. In addition, the paper…

Gender gap and labour market participation : A composite indicator for the ranking of European countries

Rosalia Castellano, Antonella Rocca

The measurement and comparison across countries of female conditions in labour market and gender gap in employment is a very complex task, given both its multidimensional nature…

Education-based occupational segregation and the gender wage gap: evidence from France

Thomas Couppié, Arnaud Dupray, Stéphanie Moullet

The purpose of this paper is to test whether the gender wage gap at the beginning of the working life in France varies with the gender composition of occupations (male-dominated…

It pays to be happy (if you are a man) : Subjective wellbeing and the gender wage gap in Urban China

Vinod Mishra, Russell Smyth

The purpose of this paper is to use cross-sectional data collected from six cities in China to examine the relationship between subjective wellbeing and male and female earnings…

The male-female earnings gap: different perspectives

Adrian Ziderman