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Male–Female Labour Market Participation and Wage Differentials in Greece

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This paper is an empirical study of the development of labour market participation and wage differentials between males and females in Greece between 1988 and 1994. There is little known about the position of women in the Greek labour market. This paper uses survey data generated by the Greek National Statistical Service. The decision to engage in paid employment and the resulting remuneration are studied using selectivity–corrected earnings estimations. Oaxaca and Ransom decompositions and counterfactual analysis show that the adverse treatment of female labour market participation is the largest identifiable reason why the wage gap is there and why it increased between 1988 and 1994.

Source: Labour

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00216

Authors: C. N. Kanellopoulos, K. G. Mavromaras

Institutions: Centre for Planning and Economic Research, The University of Melbourne, University of Aberdeen, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2086368752

FWCI: 6.509

Cites: 16

Cited by: 55

Related to: 10