Publication The gender pay gap

A cause analysis based on the structure of earnings survey 2018.

Following on from previous analyses, this article presents results on the unadjusted and adjusted gender pay gap (GPG) based on the structure of earnings survey for 2018 and explains the underlying methodology. A model-based analysis shows the (limited) sensitivity of the unadjusted GPG to a hypothetically higher minimum wage for women and men or an earnings supplement to gross hourly earnings for women only. It becomes clear here that the unadjusted gender pay gap will change only slightly in the case of a hypothetical minimum wage of 12 euros. The effect would be higher in the
case of a unilateral earnings supplement of 50 cents to the gross hourly earnings of women.

Author: Frauke Mischler

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 4-2021