Strong Gender Contract, Weak Institutions

Gender Pay Gap in Slovenia and Czechia

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ID12426005
AuthorsAlena Křížková (0000-0002-6616-3940, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, corresponding author), Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela (0000-0003-1324-7902, University of Ljubljana), Andreja Poje (University of Ljubljana), Andrew M Penner (0000-0002-9483-8933, Department of Sociology, University of California , Irvine 92697)
Year2025
Volume32
Issue1
Pages174-197
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxae038
OpenAlexW4408578502
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited57

This article investigates the dynamics of the gender pay gap (GPG) in two post-socialist economies, Czechia and Slovenia, during their capitalist transition and EU membership. Using regression analysis on large samples of linked employer–employee data to estimate the total GPG and within-job GPG and institutional analysis, we find that in both countries women earn significantly less than men for the same work. We interpret this as due to institutions, policies, and practices, including gender inequalities in the division of unpaid work and domestic care, which result in different but strong gender contracts in the two countries. The segregation of women and men into differently paid occupations, jobs, or workplaces does not explain much of the total GPG in Slovenia. In contrast, it explains about half of the total GPG in Czechia. We argue that this is due to weak labor market institutions in Czechia, recently weakening in Slovenia

Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Gender gap · Gender pay gap · Labour economics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labour Market and Migration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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