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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50400 5.4 Sociology
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
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Abstract
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.
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