About time: the narrowing gender wage gap in Austria

We examine the gender wage gap in Austria from 2005 to 2017 using data from EU-SILC. The raw gap of hourly wages declined from 18.6 log points in 2005 to 14.9 log points in 2017. We use standard decomposition techniques that correct for differences in the distributions of human capital and other var...

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Published in:	Empirica 2021-11, Vol.48 (4), p.803-843
Main Authors:	Böheim, René, Fink, Marian, Zulehner, Christine
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Econometrics Economics Economics and Finance European Integration Gender differences Gender inequality Gender pay gap Human capital Income inequality Industrial Organization International Economics Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Original Paper Public Finance Wage differential
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Summary:	We examine the gender wage gap in Austria from 2005 to 2017 using data from EU-SILC. The raw gap of hourly wages declined from 18.6 log points in 2005 to 14.9 log points in 2017. We use standard decomposition techniques that correct for differences in the distributions of human capital and other variables between men and women. Decompositions of the wage gap indicate that both the explained and the unexplained part of the gender wage gap decreased substantially over the last ten years. Using the approach developed by Neumark (J Hum Resour 22:279–295, 1988), the unexplained wage gap shrank from 8.7 log points in 2005 to 5.1 log points in 2017. The main reason for the decline in wage differences was the relative improvement of women’s observed and unobserved characteristics.
ISSN:	0340-8744 1573-6911