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The Gender Wage Gap and Sex Segregation in Finland

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Ossi Korkeamäki
Tomi Kyyrä

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This paper investigates how the segregation of women and men into certain occupations, industries, firms and jobs within the firms is reflected in the gender wage gap in the Finnish manufacturing sector. Using matched employer-employee data we evaluate wage differentials between men and women doing the same kind of job for the same employer. This allows us to differentiate between wage differentials caused by human capital differences, wage differentials resulting from labour market segregation and within-job wage differentials. We find that at least half of the gender wage gap can be attributed to labour market segregation while human capital differences by sex account for less than 10 percent.

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Paper provided by Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT) in its series VATT Discussion Papers with number 288.

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Keywords: Gender wage gap wage discrimination sex segregation

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J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
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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  1. Francine D. Blau & Lawrence M. Kahn, 2000. "Gender Differences in Pay," NBER Working Papers 7732, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Erica L. Groshen, 1987. "The structure of the female/male wage differential: is it who you are, what you do, or where you work?," Working Paper 8708, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. [Downloadable!]
  3. Kimberly Bayard & Judith Hellerstein & David Neumark & Kenneth Troske, 1999. "New Evidence on Sex Segregation and Sex Differences in Wages from Matched Employee-Employer Data," NBER Working Papers 7003, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Blau, Francine D & Kahn, Lawrence M, 1996. "Wage Structure and Gender Earnings Differentials: An International Comparison," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 63(250), pages S29-62, Suppl.. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Gubta, Nabanita Datta & Rothstein, Donna S., 2001. "The Impact of Worker and Establishment-level Characteristics on Male-Female Wage Differentials: Evidence from Danish Matched Employee-Employer Data," CLS Working Papers 01-9, Aarhus School of Business, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research. [Downloadable!]
  6. Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M & Petersen, Trond & Snartland, Vemund, 2001. " Equal Pay for Equal Work? Evidence from Sweden and a Comparison with Norway and the U.S," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 103(4), pages 559-83, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Ossi Korkeamäki & Tomi Kyyrä, 2003. "Explaining Gender Wage Differentials: Findings from a Random Effects Model," VATT Discussion Papers 320, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT). [Downloadable!]
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