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

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AO - Sociologie, demografie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2010

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

European Sociological Review

ISSN

0266-7215

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

26

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000274342100006

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