Gender Pay Differentials Cross-National Evidence from Micro-Data [Hardcover]

This book provides new evidence on the magnitude and sources of pay inequalities between women and men in European countries and New Zealand on the basis of micro data. Particular attention is devoted to job access and workplace practices, promotions and wage growth, sectoral affiliation and rent-sharing, and unobserved heterogeneity and dynamics.List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction; B.Mahy, R.Plasman & F.Rycx PART 1: JOB ACCESS AND WORKPLACE PRACTICES Assessing Gender Discrimination amongst Young People on their Arrival into the Labour Market: Analysis Young Populations of French and Foreign Origin; O.Joseph & S.Lemi?re High-Performance Work Performances, Incentive Pay Schemes, Worker Evaluation and Male-Female Wages; N.D.Gupta & T.Eriksson PART 2: PROMOTIONS AND WAGE GROWTH Return to Internal Mobility in the Spanish Labour Market: Differences by Gender; D.Garcia Crespo Gender Differences in Wage Growth and Promotion in Luxembourg; P.Van Kerm PART 3: SECTORS, PROFITS AND RENT-SHARING The Gender Pay Gap in Belgium: How Much Do Sectors Matter? F.Rycx & I.Tojerow Gender Wage Inequality and Rent Sharing: Evidence from a German Linked Employer-Employee-Dataset; H.Gartner PART 4: DYNAMICS AND UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY Does Unobserved Heterogeneity Matter? A Panel Data Analysis of the Gender Pay Gap in European Countries, 1994-2001; A.Gangji, C.Orsini & S.Sissoko The Gender Wage Ratio in New Zealand 1997-2003; W.R.J.Alexander, M.Gen? & M.Jaforullah IndexW. ROBERT J. ALEXANDER Department of Economics, University of Otago, New ZealandTOR ERIKSSON Professor, Aarhus School of Business, DenmarkAMYNAH GANGJI Universit? Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumDOLORES GARCIA CRESPO University of Malaga, SpainHERMANN GARTNER Institute for Employment Research, GermanyMURAT GEN? Department of Economics, University of Otago, New ZealandNABANITA DATTA GUPTA Associate Professor (On Leave), Aarhus School of Business and Research Professor, Danish Nl£"