Hirsch, Boris and Koenig, Marion and Moeller, Joachim (2013) Is There a Gap in the Gap? Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap. SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 60 (4). pp. 412-439. ISSN 0036-9292,
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In this paper, we investigate regional differences in the gender pay gap both theoretically and empirically. Within a spatial model of monopsonistic competition, we show that more densely populated labour markets are more competitive and constrain employers' ability to discriminate against women. Utilizing a large administrative data set for western Germany and a flexible semi-parametric propensity score matching approach, we find that the unexplained gender pay gap for young workers is substantially lower in large metropolitan than in rural areas. This regional gap in the gap of roughly 10 percentage points remained surprisingly constant over the entire observation period of 30 years.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | WAGE GAP; COMPETITION; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEWORK; GERMANY; FIRMS; |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Entpflichtete oder im Ruhestand befindliche Professoren > Lehrstuhl für Empirische Makroökonomie und Regionalökonomie (Prof. Dr. Joachim Möller) Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Immobilienenwirtschaft / IRE|BS > Alumni or Retired Professors > Lehrstuhl für Empirische Makroökonomie und Regionalökonomie (Prof. Dr. Joachim Möller) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2020 13:10 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2020 13:10 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/16207 |
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