Abstract
We explore the impact of female employers and gender segregation on wages using a large longitudinal data set for Portugal. Female managers can act less discriminatory, protect and mentor female employees by paying them higher wages than male-led firms would do. We find that females enjoy higher wages in female-led firms, the opposite being true for males. In both cases is a higher share of females in a firm reducing the wage level. These results are compatible with a theory where job promotion is an important factor of wage increases: if more females are to be mentored, less promotion slots are available for males, but also the expected chance of a female to be promoted is lower.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | ILR Review |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Fields of science
- 405002 Agricultural economics
- 502 Economics
- 502001 Labour market policy
- 502002 Labour economics
- 502003 Foreign trade
- 502009 Corporate finance
- 502010 Public finance
- 502012 Industrial management
- 502013 Industrial economics
- 502018 Macroeconomics
- 502020 Market research
- 502021 Microeconomics
- 502025 Econometrics
- 502027 Political economy
- 502039 Structural policy
- 502042 Environmental economics
- 502046 Economic policy
- 502047 Economic theory
- 504014 Gender studies
- 506004 European integration
- 507016 Regional economy
- 303010 Health economics
