All articles for: Wages and Employment
August 5, 2026 | Groups of Persons
Why confidence matters: The hidden barrier for women in STEM
Britta Hecker, Ipek Yükselen Saif
Despite strong educational achievements, women in Germany remain underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers – an imbalance that fuels the... Read more
September 16, 2024 | Groups of Persons
Female university students may settle for considerably lower starting salaries than their male peers
Paul Setzepfand, Ipek Yükselen Saif
According to a survey conducted by the IAB, female university students have different salary expectations than male students. They would accept a starting... Read more
March 8, 2024 | Groups of Persons
Gender Pay Gap in the United Kingdom and in Germany
Jutta Winters
The 8th of March marks the annual International Women’s Day. Wages are an important factor in driving gender parity. In a video interview... Read more
October 25, 2023 | Social Inequality, Joblessness and Social Inclusion
How men and women differ when searching for a job: application behaviour can explain half of the residual earnings gap
Benjamin Lochner, Christian Merkl
On average, women earn less than men. So far, gender-specific application behaviour has received little attention in this context. It can, however, explain... Read more
June 5, 2023 | International Labour Markets
Alan Manning: "It is important to have institutions such as the minimum wage to adress the market power of employers"
Jutta Winters
Professor Alan Manning, one of the world's most renowned labour market economists, explains in this video-statement the basic idea of imperfect competition in... Read more
November 25, 2021 | International Labour Markets
Recent research on minimum wages – evidence from a virtual seminar series
Mario Bossler, Duncan Roth, Matthias Umkehrer
A recent seminar series focussed on the cutting-edge international research on minimum wage policies with regard to employment, consumer prices, wage inequality, and... Read more
December 19, 2019 | Groups of Persons
The sources behind the gender wage gap of university graduates
Malte Sandner, Ipek Yükselen Saif
For every euro a man earned per hour in Germany in 2018, a woman earned on average only 0.79 euros. This amounts to... Read more
July 12, 2019 | Groups of Persons
The gender wage gap in Europe: What can we learn from linked employer-employee data? A workshop report
Alex Bryson, John Forth, Stefanie Wolter
The report presents a summary of the workshop "The gender wage gap in Europe: What can we learn from linked employer-employee data?".... Read more
August 29, 2018 | Groups of Persons
Women still hit the glass ceiling – despite operational promotion of equal opportunities
Malte Reichelt
There is a large wage gap between women and men. The search for explanations and solutions must start exactly where wages are decided:... Read more