TY - JOUR T1 - Wage Compression And The Gender Pay Gap JF - IZA World of Labor Y1 - 2015 A1 - Kahn, Lawrence M. KW - collective bargaining KW - gender KW - minimum wages KW - unions KW - wage inequality AB -

There are large international differences in the gender pay gap. In some developed countries in 2010–2012, women were close to earnings parity with men, while in others large gaps remained. Since women and men have different average levels of education and experience and commonly work in different industries and occupations, multiple factors can influence the gender pay gap. Among them are skill supply and demand, unions, and minimum wages, which influence the economy-wide wage returns to education, experience, and occupational wage differentials. Systems of wage compression narrow the gender pay gap but may also lower demand for female workers.

VL - April 2015 L2 - eng UR - http://wol.iza.org/articles/wage-compression-and-gender-pay-gap.pdf ER -