Estimating gender differences in access to jobs

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This paper proposes a new measure of gender differences in access to jobs based on a job assignment model. This measure is the probability ratio of getting a job for females and males at each rank of the wage ladder. We derive a non-parametric estimator of this access measure and estimate it for French full-time executives aged 40-45 in the private sector. Our results show that the gender difference in the probability of getting a job increases along the wage ladder from 9% to 50%. Females thus have a significantly lower access to high-paid jobs than to low-paid jobs.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6928

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Labor Discrimination
• Subject: gender ; discrimination ; wages ; quantiles ; job assignment model ; glass ceiling ; Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung ; Geschlechterdiskriminierung ; Lohnstruktur ; Erwerbsverlauf ; Weibliche Führungskräfte ; Schätzung ; Frankreich

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gobillon, Laurent ; Meurs, Dominique ; Roux, Sébastien
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/67298
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET