Summary Gender disparities in wages are still fairly large. On average, women earn less than men from the beginning of their careers. This article investigates whether young men and women with vocational education and training receive different returns for occupation-specific and general skills, a topic that has hitherto received little attention. Theoretically, we draw on a culturalist approach, as well as on the varieties of capitalism approach. The analyses are based on a combination of detailed occupation-level data on the specificity of training occupations and individuallevel data from the Swiss Labour Force Survey on the incomes of upper-secondary vocational diploma holders. The results of multilevel regression models show that men’...
In the search for an explanation of wage inequalities between men and women, it is often argued that...
Context: Existing studies have explored the association between workplace training and wages suggest...
This thesis analyses wage differentials between male and female workers. It is organised in three pa...
Summary Gender disparities in wages are still fairly large. On average, women earn less than men fr...
Gender disparities in wages are still fairly large. On average, women earn less than men from the be...
This paper looks at men's and women's positions in the labour market and relates them to their basic...
This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupat...
This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupa...
"Gender differences in access to continuing training are often argued to be a central cause of persi...
This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining...
Even though women today constitute the majority of higher education graduates, they still earn consi...
This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining...
This study examines the role of occupational classes in the Gender Wealth Gap (GWG). Despite rising ...
There is significant heterogeneity in actual skill use within occupations even though occupations ar...
In this paper we investigate when the male-female wage differential arises: Does it evolve over the...
In the search for an explanation of wage inequalities between men and women, it is often argued that...
Context: Existing studies have explored the association between workplace training and wages suggest...
This thesis analyses wage differentials between male and female workers. It is organised in three pa...
Summary Gender disparities in wages are still fairly large. On average, women earn less than men fr...
Gender disparities in wages are still fairly large. On average, women earn less than men from the be...
This paper looks at men's and women's positions in the labour market and relates them to their basic...
This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupat...
This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupa...
"Gender differences in access to continuing training are often argued to be a central cause of persi...
This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining...
Even though women today constitute the majority of higher education graduates, they still earn consi...
This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining...
This study examines the role of occupational classes in the Gender Wealth Gap (GWG). Despite rising ...
There is significant heterogeneity in actual skill use within occupations even though occupations ar...
In this paper we investigate when the male-female wage differential arises: Does it evolve over the...
In the search for an explanation of wage inequalities between men and women, it is often argued that...
Context: Existing studies have explored the association between workplace training and wages suggest...
This thesis analyses wage differentials between male and female workers. It is organised in three pa...