Publications

Authors:

Piazzalunga, Daniela; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura

Title:

The increase of the gender wage gap in Italy during the 2008-2012 economic crisis

Year:

2018

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

Journal of Economic Inequality

ISSN of journal:

1569-1721

:

Kluwer

Page numbers:

1-23

Keyword:

Gender wage gap, Great recession, Public sector premium, Decomposition, Counterfactual analysis

Short description of contents:

The Italian gender wage gap is lower than in other European countries, however it increased during the 2008-2012 economic crisis, while in most countries it decreased. This paper finds that the main cause of this increase is the 2010-11 public sector wage freeze, which was introduced as an austerity measure by the Italian government. We estimate the level of the gender wage gap as if the wage freeze had not been implemented, applying a counterfactual analysis. We find that the wage freeze accounts for more than 100% of the increase ofthe wage gap, while other factors in sum reduced the wage gap. The paper also examines the evolution of the gap from 2004 to 2012 using the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition and a quantile decomposition. The gender wage gap is found to be unexplained by observed characteristics. After 2010 it is particularly high in the upper part of the wage distribution, indicating the existence of a glass ceiling in addition to a sticky floor.

Web page:

https://rdcu.be/46cv

Product ID:

104301

Handle IRIS:

11562/985742

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Piazzalunga, Daniela; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura, The increase of the gender wage gap in Italy during the 2008-2012 economic crisis «Journal of Economic Inequality» , 2018 , pp. 1-23

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