Is There Really Unequal Pay for Equal Work Between Men and Women in the Czech Republic? Problems with the Decomposition of Wage Determinants

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378025%3A_____%2F24%3A00599854" target="_blank" >RIV/68378025:_____/24:00599854 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://sreview.soc.cas.cz/en/artkey/csr-202406-0005_is-there-really-unequal-pay-for-equal-work-between-men-and-women-in-the-czech-republic-problems-with-the-decom.php" target="_blank" >https://sreview.soc.cas.cz/en/artkey/csr-202406-0005_is-there-really-unequal-pay-for-equal-work-between-men-and-women-in-the-czech-republic-problems-with-the-decom.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/csr.2024.032" target="_blank" >10.13060/csr.2024.032</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Is There Really Unequal Pay for Equal Work Between Men and Women in the Czech Republic? Problems with the Decomposition of Wage Determinants

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study focuses on issues of the adjusted gender pay gap (AGPG) and problematises existing approaches to calculating this indicator, especially Eurostat’s methodology. It analyses the different factors and variables with which Eurostat and other authors work, noting flaws in their measurement methods. The unadjusted gender pay gap (GPG) is typically divided into explained and unexplained parts, with the latter interpreted as the effect of unequal pay for equal work. This study demonstrates why the unexplained part might be considerably smaller than reported by existing studies (typically at 14%–15% and 17% in the case of Eurostat). What is key to determining the size of the explained part of the GPG is what productive characteristics and how many of them are included in statistical model. Existing analyses have artificially increased the adjusted part of the GPG due to simplifications in their application. For example, as this study shows, substituting the category of total job experience with the category of age has a significant impact, along with several minor shifts in the statistical analysis. When combined, these shifts are responsible for the substantial overestimation of the adjusted GPG. This study aims to eliminate these flaws and provide a theoretical and descriptive account of the reasons behind the overestimation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Is There Really Unequal Pay for Equal Work Between Men and Women in the Czech Republic? Problems with the Decomposition of Wage Determinants

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study focuses on issues of the adjusted gender pay gap (AGPG) and problematises existing approaches to calculating this indicator, especially Eurostat’s methodology. It analyses the different factors and variables with which Eurostat and other authors work, noting flaws in their measurement methods. The unadjusted gender pay gap (GPG) is typically divided into explained and unexplained parts, with the latter interpreted as the effect of unequal pay for equal work. This study demonstrates why the unexplained part might be considerably smaller than reported by existing studies (typically at 14%–15% and 17% in the case of Eurostat). What is key to determining the size of the explained part of the GPG is what productive characteristics and how many of them are included in statistical model. Existing analyses have artificially increased the adjusted part of the GPG due to simplifications in their application. For example, as this study shows, substituting the category of total job experience with the category of age has a significant impact, along with several minor shifts in the statistical analysis. When combined, these shifts are responsible for the substantial overestimation of the adjusted GPG. This study aims to eliminate these flaws and provide a theoretical and descriptive account of the reasons behind the overestimation.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-33722S" target="_blank" >GA22-33722S: Vývoj sociální mobility v zemích Střední a Východní Evropy od 70. let 20. století do současnosti: princip dynamické rovnováhy?</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review

ISSN

0038-0288

e-ISSN

2336-128X

Svazek periodika

60

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

577-601

Kód UT WoS článku

001399858100003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85216189534