The Legacy of Equality and the Weakness of Law: Within-job Gender Wage Inequality in the Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Legacy of Equality and the Weakness of Law: Within-job Gender Wage Inequality in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic in the years 1998, 2002, and 2004, we examine whether the introduction of legislative measures for gender equality connected with the accession to the European Union had a significant effect on gender wage inequality. The central conclusion of our analysis is that within-job wage inequality plays a significant role in the Czech labour market, and that there were no substantive changes during the period studied. Czech women doing the same job in the same establishment earn about 10% less than their male co-workers. The smallest gender wage gaps are found in establishments and groups of employees representative of or with strong ties to the socialist past. We conclude by speculating that motherhood and women?s responsibilities in the home, together with the legal system?s lack of legitimacy, limit the impact of legislative changes on practices in Czech society and preserve gender wage discrimination.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Sociological Review

ISSN

0266-7215

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Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

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UT code for WoS article

000274342100006

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