The role of sex segregation in the gender wage gap among university graduates in Germany
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- Ransmayr Juliane & Weichselbaumer Doris, 2024. "The Role of Sex Segregation in the Gender Wage Gap Among University Graduates in Germany," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 244(1-2), pages 37-81, February.
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gender wage gap; sex segregation; university graduates;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2022-11-07 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-GEN-2022-11-07 (Gender)
- NEP-LAB-2022-11-07 (Labour Economics)
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