Analysis of gender wage gap in Lithuania

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ID2434739
AuthorsAgne Lauzadyte-Tutliene, Agnė Laužadytė (0000-0002-8053-383X, Vilnius University, corresponding author), Paulina Mikuciauskaite (Vilnius University)
Year2022
Volume15
Issue2
Pages172-185
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomics & Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2071-789X • E-ISSN: 2306-3459
PublisherCentre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, Poland (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.14254/2071-789x.2022/15-2/11
OpenAlexW4294316072
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

This study aims to discern and quantify the personal and labour market characteristics, which are most relevant to the persistence of a gender wage gap in Lithuania. The Oaxaca-Blinder model, employed in this study, revealed the largest explained gender wage gap to be attributable to the characteristics of occupation and industry. These contribute to the gap mainly by the horizontal and vertical segregation effects, as women are more concentrated in typically 'feminine' jobs, which pay less. The educational attainment of women is slightly higher than that of men, and this reduces the gender wage gap in the Lithuanian labour market. The analysis also revealed that work in the public sector entails an increase in the gap despite greater wage transparency and a more regulated remuneration mechanism. This is due to the 'glass ceiling' effect or the pervasive resistance to the efforts of female workers to reach the top rank positions, which we find to be stronger in the public sector

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Educational attainment · Efficiency wage · Gender gap · Gender pay gap · Glass ceiling · Labour economics · Lithuanian · Occupational segregation · Political science · Public sector · Remuneration · Salary · Transparency (behavior) · Wage · Wage share · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labour Market and Migration

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