Explaining the Male-Female Wage Gap: Do Gender Role Attitudes
Matter?

J 2024

Explaining the Male-Female Wage Gap: Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter?

FILIPOVA, Lenka Johnson, Jiří BALCAR, Blanka PLASOVÁ and Zuzana Brixiova SCHWIDROWSKI

Basic information

Original name

Explaining the Male-Female Wage Gap: Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter?

Authors

FILIPOVA, Lenka Johnson (203 Czech Republic), Jiří BALCAR (203 Czech Republic), Blanka PLASOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zuzana Brixiova SCHWIDROWSKI

Edition

Sociológia, BRATISLAVA, INST SOCIOLOGY SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES, 2024, 0049-1225

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50400 5.4 Sociology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.600 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2024.56.2.5

UT WoS

001223582700001

Keywords in English

Gender wage gap; gender roles; gender attitudes; gender preferences

Abstract

V originále

Explaining the Male -Female Wage Gap: Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter? Using data from a unique survey of employees in the Czech Republic, this paper analyzes the relationship between gender -role attitudes and the male -female wage gap while controlling for observable characteristics such as work experience, education, family factors, and job characteristics. The analysis focuses on five factors representing gender -role attitudes that have not been systematically explored in the literature: preferred responsibility for income, preferred responsibility for household chores and child care, life priorities (career, family, others), preference for job flexibility, and prioritizing less demanding and stressful jobs over higher wages. The results demonstrate that in the Czech Republic, traditional gender -role attitudes are significantly correlated with wages and explain a significant part of the gender wage gap. To be effective, policies aiming to promote gender equality in the labor market need to take the prevailing gender norms into account.

Citovat

FILIPOVA, Lenka Johnson, Jiří BALCAR, Blanka PLASOVÁ and Zuzana Brixiova SCHWIDROWSKI. Explaining the Male-Female Wage Gap: Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter? Sociológia. BRATISLAVA: INST SOCIOLOGY SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES, 2024, vol. 56, No 2, p. 120-153. ISSN 0049-1225. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2024.56.2.5.

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FILIPOVA, Lenka Johnson, Jiří BALCAR, Blanka PLASOVÁ and Zuzana Brixiova SCHWIDROWSKI. Explaining the Male-Female Wage Gap: Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter? \textit{Sociológia}. BRATISLAVA: INST SOCIOLOGY SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES, 2024, vol.~56, No~2, p.~120-153. ISSN~0049-1225. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2024.56.2.5.

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