Inequality-adjusted gender wage differentials in Germany

Arbeitspapier

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 inequalityadjusted 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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 334

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Labor Discrimination: General
• Subject: gender gap ; wage differentials ; wage inequality ; expected utility ; risk aversion ; East andWest Germany ; SOEP ; Singh-Maddala distribution ; copula-based selection model

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Selezneva, Ekaterina ; Van Kerm, Philippe
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
• (where): Regensburg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/106624
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET