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Gender Pay Gap Varies Greatly by Occupation

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  • Katharina Wrohlich
  • Aline Zucco

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The German labor market is characterized by marked occupational segregation between women and men. The median earnings in female dominated occupations are lower than those in male dominated professions. This is one of the reasons for the gender pay gap. However, there are also large differences in earnings between men and women within occupations. These profession-specific gender pay gaps are smaller in professions with a high proportion of employees in the public sector. This finding indicates that more transparency with respect to earnings could reduce the gender pay gap in the private economy.

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  • Katharina Wrohlich & Aline Zucco, 2017. "Gender Pay Gap Varies Greatly by Occupation," DIW Economic Bulletin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 7(43), pages 429-435.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwdeb:2017-43-2
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    1. Sulistyaningrum, Eny & Tjahjadi, Alexander Michael, 2022. "Income Inequality in Indonesia: Which Aspects Cause the Most?," MPRA Paper 115987, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Sabine Krueger & Christian Ebner & Daniela Rohrbach-Schmidt, 2024. "Gender Composition and the Symbolic Value of Occupations: New Evidence of a U-shaped Relationship between Gender and Occupational Prestige Based on German Microdata," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 38(1), pages 242-261, February.

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    Keywords

    Gender pay gap; occupational segregation;

    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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