The gender wage gap as a function of educational degree choices in an occupationally segregated EU country.

Autor/inn/en	Livanos, Ilias; Pouliakas, Konstantinos
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	The gender wage gap as a function of educational degree choices in an occupationally segregated EU country. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Geschlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschiede als Funktion von Wahlentscheidungen über den Bildungsgrad in einem beruflich segregierten EU-Land.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2009), 31 S.; 677 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 4636
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Schullaufbahnentscheidung; Ungleichheit; Einkommensunterschied; Segregation; Lohn; Berufswahl; Studienwahl; Arbeitspapier; Geschlechtsspezifik; Hochschulabsolvent; Griechenland
Abstract	"This study investigates the extent to which differences in the subject of degree studied by male and female university graduates contributes to the gender pay gap, and the reasons underlying their distinct educational choices. The case of Greece is examined due to the fact that it is an EU country with historically large gender discrepancies in earnings and occupational segregation. Using micro-data from the Greek Labour Force Survey (LFS), the returns to academic disciplines are firstly estimated by gender. It is found that the subjects in which women are relatively over-represented (e.g. Education, Humanities) are also those with the lowest wage returns. Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions subsequently imply that gender differences in the type of degree studied can explain an additional 8.4% of the malefemale pay gap. Risk-augmented earnings functions of the Hartog-type also indicate that women seek for less risky educations that consequently command lower wage premiums in the job market." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; empirisch-quantitativ; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2003. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2010/3