The gender pay gap for private sector employees in Canada and Britain

Arbeitspapier

Country-specific factors, such as the wage setting environment, are important determinants in explaining the relative size of the gender wage gap. This paper uses British and Canadian linked employer-employee data to investigate the importance of the workplace for the gender wage gap. Our main findings are that the unadjusted gender earnings gaps are similar between the two countries and that women, especially older women, are disproportionately represented in low-wage workplaces. Workplace effects, however, reduce the wage gap by 14.5% in Canada and increase the gap by 3.2% in Britain.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3957

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Gender earnings gap ; workplaces ; Britain ; Canada ; Lohndifferenzierung ; Arbeitsplatz ; Frauenarbeitslohn ; Großbritannien ; Kanada

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Drolet, Marie ; Mumford, Karen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35600
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090209279
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET