TY - JOUR
T1 - The gender pay gap for private sector employees in Canada and Britain
AU - Drolet, Marie
AU - Mumford, Karen Ann
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - This paper uses British and Canadian linked employer-employee data to investigate the importance of the workplace for the gender wage gap. Implementing a novel decomposition approach, we find substantial unexplained wage gaps in the private sector of both countries. Whilst this wage differential is partially offset by women, on average, receiving a workplace specific return which is relatively higher than that paid to men, a substantial and significant unexplained within workplace wage gap remains which is considerably higher in Britain than in Canada. The results are consistent with a prima facie argument that country-specific factors, such as the wage setting environment, are important determinants in explaining the relative size of the gender wage gap.
AB - This paper uses British and Canadian linked employer-employee data to investigate the importance of the workplace for the gender wage gap. Implementing a novel decomposition approach, we find substantial unexplained wage gaps in the private sector of both countries. Whilst this wage differential is partially offset by women, on average, receiving a workplace specific return which is relatively higher than that paid to men, a substantial and significant unexplained within workplace wage gap remains which is considerably higher in Britain than in Canada. The results are consistent with a prima facie argument that country-specific factors, such as the wage setting environment, are important determinants in explaining the relative size of the gender wage gap.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2011.00868.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2011.00868.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0007-1080
VL - 50
SP - 529
EP - 553
JO - British Journal of Industrial Relations
JF - British Journal of Industrial Relations
IS - 3
ER -