Is the Rule of Law Significant for the Explanation of Differences in the Gender Pay Gap?

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18267/j.pep.684" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.18267/j.pep.684</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Is the Rule of Law Significant for the Explanation of Differences in the Gender Pay Gap?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Using data from European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, the study examines the causes of variation in the unexplained gender pay gap among 25 European countries and considers the effect of the legal environment on these. We employ the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to estimate the unexplained part of the gender pay gap. To assess the impact of the rule of law on unexplained gender wage differences, we apply the linear regression model, where the estimated unexplained gender pay gap is used as a dependent variable and the selected rule of law indicators (specifically the Worldwide Governance Indicators Rule of Law and the Legal System &amp; Property Rights Index) as explanatory variables. Controlling for other institutions affecting gender wage differences (specifically the labor market regulation, work-family reconciliation policy and male wage dispersion), we suggest that differences in the quality of legislation and law enforcement across European countries may partly account for the variation in the unexplained gender pay gap. A very progressive improvement in rule of law indices (from the worst to the best among examined 25 European countries) leads to a decrease in the unexplained gender pay gap by 4.5 - 5 percentage points.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Is the Rule of Law Significant for the Explanation of Differences in the Gender Pay Gap?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Using data from European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, the study examines the causes of variation in the unexplained gender pay gap among 25 European countries and considers the effect of the legal environment on these. We employ the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to estimate the unexplained part of the gender pay gap. To assess the impact of the rule of law on unexplained gender wage differences, we apply the linear regression model, where the estimated unexplained gender pay gap is used as a dependent variable and the selected rule of law indicators (specifically the Worldwide Governance Indicators Rule of Law and the Legal System &amp; Property Rights Index) as explanatory variables. Controlling for other institutions affecting gender wage differences (specifically the labor market regulation, work-family reconciliation policy and male wage dispersion), we suggest that differences in the quality of legislation and law enforcement across European countries may partly account for the variation in the unexplained gender pay gap. A very progressive improvement in rule of law indices (from the worst to the best among examined 25 European countries) leads to a decrease in the unexplained gender pay gap by 4.5 - 5 percentage points.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Prague Economic Papers

ISSN

1210-0455

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

27

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

704-722

Kód UT WoS článku

000456641600006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85062333112