Gender Wage Gap in the Czech Republic: First Descriptive Analysis Based on Survey 2011

• Authors: Jiří Balcar , Lenka Filipová , Zuzana Machová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, we show the first descriptive evidence of factors explaining gender wage differences from a unique questionnaire survey that was carried out on a representative sample for the Czech Republic. We observe large wage differences related to gender; without any reasons, Czech women earn on average 77.80% of men’s wages. The survey uncovers that there is a number of differences among men and women which may help to explain the wage differences.

Keywords

EN

Gender Wage Gap; Gender Wage Discrimination; Family Roles

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Review of Economic Perspectives
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 151-167

Dates

published

2012-10-01

received

accepted

online

2012-10-31

Contributors

author

Jiří Balcar

• RPIC-ViP s.r.o., Výstavní 2224/8, 709 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic

author

Lenka Filipová

• Faculty of Economics, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Sokolská třída 33, 701 21 Ostrava, Czech Republic

author

Zuzana Machová

• Faculty of Economics, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Sokolská třída 33, 701 21 Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10135-012-0007-5