Inequality-adjusted gender wage differentials in Germany

Ekaterina Selezneva; Philippe Van Kerm

Inequality-adjusted gender wage differentials in Germany

Ekaterina Selezneva, Philippe Van Kerm

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This paper exploits data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to re-examine the gender wage gap in Germany on the basis of inequality-adjusted measures of wage differentials which fully account for gender differences in pay distributions. The inequality-adjusted gender pay gap measures are significantly larger than suggested by standard indicators, especially in East Germany. Women appear penalized twice, with both lower mean wages and greater wage inequality. A hypothetical risky investment question collected in 2004 in the SOEP is used to estimate individual risk aversion parameters and benchmark the ranges of inequality-adjusted wage differentials measures.

Original language	English
Publisher	CEPS/INSTEAD
Number of pages	28
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Name	Working Papers
Publisher	CEPS/INSTEAD
No.	2013-18

Keywords

East and West Germany
SOEP
Singh-Maddala distribution
copula-based selection model
expected utility
gender gap
risk aversion
wage differentials
wage inequality

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Inequality-adjusted gender wage differentials in Germany

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