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Regionaler Gender Pay Gap : Analyse der geschlechtsspezifischen Entgeltunterschiede im Saarland

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  • Wydra-Somaggio, Gabriele

    (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany)

  • Höchst, Michael

    (IAB)

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"Der Entgeltunterschied zwischen Frauen und Männern, die einer sozialversicherungspflichtigen Vollzeitbeschäftigung nachgehen, liegt im Saarland bei 19,3 Prozent. Dieser geschlechtsspezifische Entgeltunterschied, auch Gender Pay Gap genannt, variiert deutlich. Im Kreis Merzig-Wadern verdienen Frauen 15,9 Prozent und im Kreis Saarlouis 22,4 Prozent weniger als Männer. Vor allem in Kreisen, in denen das Verarbeitende Gewerbe dominiert, ist der Gender Pay Gap besonders hoch, ebenso in Kreisen, in denen vorwiegend Großbetriebe ansässig sind. In Kreisen mit einer Altersstruktur, die von Beschäftigten zwischen 35 und 49 Jahren geprägt ist, fällt der Gender Pay Gap dagegen vergleichsweise niedrig aus. Eine Oaxaca-Blinder- Zerlegung des Gender Pay Gap in einen erklärten und in einen unerklärten Teil zeigt, dass rund ein Viertel des Gender Pay Gap im Saarland auf die Unterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen in den berücksichtigten Merkmale zurückgeführt werden kann, während drei Viertel des Gender Pay Gap auf den unerklärt bleiben. Vor allem die beruflichen Eigenschaften machen einen großen Anteil des (erklärten) Gender Pay Gap aus. Eine nach einzelnen Merkmalen detaillierte Zerlegung zeigt, dass auch für das Saarland insgesamt vor allem Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern im Hinblick auf die Berufswahl sowie auf die Zuordnung in Betriebe und Wirtschaftszweige negative Auswirkungen auf das Entgelt der Frauen haben und dies den Gender Pay Gap erhöht. Zum unerklärten Gender Pay Gap tragen neben den beruflichen Eigenschaften vor allem die regionalen Variablen bei. Würden Frauen entsprechend ihrer regionalen Merkmale und ihrer Berufe wie Männer entlohnt werden, würden sie mehr verdienen. Der Gender Pay Gap wäre demnach geringer. Regionale Besonderheiten werden mit Hilfe der Zerlegung getrennt nach Kreisen aufgezeigt. Die Höhe des erklärten und unerklärten Gender Pay Gap unterscheidet sich zwischen den Kreisen, ebenso auch der Beitrag der individuellen und berufsspezifischen Merkmale. So ist der erklärte Teil des Gender Pay Gap, also der Effekt der Unterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen für Merzig-Wadern negativ. Das heißt, dass die individuellen Merkmale zu Gunsten der Frauen ausgeprägt sind und sich mindernd auf den Gender Pay Gap auswirken." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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  • Wydra-Somaggio, Gabriele & Höchst, Michael, 2018. "Regionaler Gender Pay Gap : Analyse der geschlechtsspezifischen Entgeltunterschiede im Saarland," IAB-Regional. Berichte und Analysen aus dem Regionalen Forschungsnetz. IAB Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland 201802, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
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