Gender Inequality in the Labour Market and the Great Recession

This paper examines the changes in the gender pay gap during the Great Recession. The main conclusion is that the observed narrowing of the gap is not so much the result of an improvement in women's wages as of a deterioration in men's employment conditions due to the asymmetric sectoral d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Peinado Martínez, Patricia, Serrano Pérez, Felipe
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/70557
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/70557
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:gender
inequality
labour market
Great Recession
Descripción
Sumario:This paper examines the changes in the gender pay gap during the Great Recession. The main conclusion is that the observed narrowing of the gap is not so much the result of an improvement in women's wages as of a deterioration in men's employment conditions due to the asymmetric sectoral distribution of employment between men and women.