Non-base compensation and the gender pay gap

Boris Hirsch; Philipp Lentge

doi:10.1111/labr.12229

Non-base compensation and the gender pay gap

Boris Hirsch
, Philipp Lentge^*

^*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

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Abstract

This paper investigates whether non-base compensation contributes to the gender pay gap (GPG). Using administrative data from Germany, we find in wage decompositions that lower bonus payments to women explain about 10 per cent of the gap at the mean and at different quantiles of the unconditional wage distribution whereas the lower prevalence of shift premia and overtime pay among women is unimportant. Among managers, the contribution of bonuses to the mean gap more than doubles and is steadily rising as one moves up the wage distribution. Our findings suggest that gender differences in bonuses are an important contributor to the GPG, particularly in top jobs.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations
Jahrgang	36
Ausgabenummer	3
Seiten (von - bis)	277-301
Seitenumfang	25
ISSN	1121-7081
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12229
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 01.09.2022

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