Gender wage differentials in Italy: a structural estimation approach |
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Authors: | Giovanni Sulis |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit?? di Cagliari, Viale S. Ignazio da Laconi 78, 09123, Cagliari, Italy 2. CRENoS, Universit?? di Cagliari, Viale S. Ignazio da Laconi 78, 09123, Cagliari, Italy
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Abstract: | This paper studies gender wage differentials by providing a maximum likelihood structural estimation of the frictional parameters of an equilibrium search model with on-the-job search and firm heterogeneity. In a second step, I also consider the role of discrimination. Results indicate higher level of search frictions for women; this result is confirmed by various robustness checks and by different specification and estimation strategies. I also find that the resulting mapping from productivity to wages for men is highly non-linear, while for women it is almost linear. Search, productivity and discrimination play different roles in shaping the gender differential depending on the specification and estimation of the model. |
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