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

Balcar, Jiří; Filipová, Lenka; Machová, Zuzana

doi:10.2478/v10135-012-0007-5

Abstract

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.

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

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