期刊名称：Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
印刷版ISSN：1689-765X
电子版ISSN：2353-3293
出版年度：2013
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：103-122
DOI：10.12775/EQUIL.2013.022
语种：English
出版社：Institute of Economic Research
摘要：We propose an empirical analysis of testing the relationship between gender wage gap and economic growth. The study takes into account 12 manufac turing sectors in 18 OECD countries for the period between 1970 and 2005.We use industrial statistics (EU KLEMS, 2008) on female and male wages that distinguish between wages paid to different groups of workers classified according to skill level: high, medium and low. We estimate augmented production function where the male female wage differentials constitute a potential channel influencing growth (posi_x005f?tively or negatively). Our research is motivated by the ambiguous results of previous empirical studies (e.g.: Seguiono 2000; Busse, Spielmann 2006; Seguino 2011; Schober, Winter-Ebmer 2011). Our main findings indicate that gender wage gap for high, medium and low-skilled workers is negatively correlated with sectoral growth. This results are confirmed in a number of robustness checks.
