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Recruitment and Pay at the Establishment Level: Gender Segregation and the Wage Gap in Portugal

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dc.creator Cabral Vieira, José A.
dc.creator Cardoso, Ana Rute
dc.creator Portela, Miguel
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:09Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:09Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20034
dc.identifier ppn:365981621
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20034
dc.description This paper aims at quantifying the trend in worker segregation at the establishment level and its impact on wages in Portugal over a fifteen year period. We concentrate on the gender dimension, to answer the questions: have changes in recruitment policies at the establishment level resulted in higher gender segregation in the labour market? What is the impact of segregation on wages? Is that impact different for men and women? A large linked employer-employee data set is used. Systematic and random components of segregation are computed. We use standard wage decomposition techniques to evaluate the impact of the composition of the labour force at the establishment level on wages. Results reveal a high degree of systematic gender segregation. A higher proportion of females in the establishment lowers females' wages while, on the contrary, it raises males' wages. Between mid-80s and late-90s, the contribution of the gender composition of the workforce within the establishment to the wage gap increased, though fluctuating within that period. The evidence gathered lends support to the taste-based model of employer behaviour.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 789
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject D21
dc.subject J7
dc.subject J31
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject systematic segregation
dc.subject random segregation
dc.subject gender
dc.subject wage inequality
dc.subject Arbeitsnachfrage
dc.subject Geschlechterdiskriminierung
dc.subject Lohndifferenzierung
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung
dc.subject Portugal
dc.title Recruitment and Pay at the Establishment Level: Gender Segregation and the Wage Gap in Portugal
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper
dc.coverage 1985-1999


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