When numbers speak. Analysis and assessment of the official statistics on gender wage discrimination in Spain (2005-2016).

Authors

  • José Luis Palacios Gómez Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas (Madrid) Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid (Dpto. Economía de la Empresa)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5209/STRA.61717

Keywords:

econometrics, sampling, survey, pay gap, wage discrimination

Abstract

In this article we assume that “gender pay gap” and “gender wage discrimination” indeed are different concepts and we carry out a revision of the two main methodologies to deal with them: econometrics approach and sampling inspection. We analyse the official statistics of the Ministery of Labor and Social Security´s inspection on gender wage discrimination, paying special attention to the campaigns for detecting female wage discrimination, conducted from 2009. The results of this analysis bring to light that the volume of the detected wage discrimination is not enought at all to explain the gender pay gap found in the spanish Wage Structure Surveys.

Published

2018-10-08