Gender wage gap in Russia and

Germany Angelina Grigoryeva

Franziska Samos

Plan Subject, object and goal of the research Research tasks Theoretical basis Literature background Research hypotheses Methodology The source of data, variables

Subject, object and goal of the research

Subject: Gender wage gap in Russia and in Germany

Object: Employed population in the age of 15-65 in Russia and Germany.

The goal of the investigation is to reveal gender wage gap in Russia and Germany and to compare Russia and Germany.

Theoretical basis Neoclassical approach: theory of

segregation on labor market, conception of human capital.

Sociological approach (explanation of gender inequality by means of existing of the established system of gender roles).

Literature background Gerry C.J., Kim B., Li C.A. The gender wage gap and wage arrears in

Russia: Evidence from the RLMS // Journal of Population Economics. 2004. Vol. 17. P. 267–288.

Glinskaya E., Mroz T.A. The gender gap in wages in Russia from 1992 to 1995 // Journal of Population Economics. 2000. Vol. 13. P. 353–386

Kazakova E. Wages in a Growing Russia: When Is a 10 per Cent Rise in the Gender Wage Gap Good News? // Economics of Transition. 2007. Vol. 15/. No. 2. P. 365-392.

Newell, A., Reilly B. The gender wage gap in Russia: Some empirical evidence // Labour Economics. 1996. Vol. 3. No. 3. 1996. P. 337-356.

Reilly B. The gender wage gap in Russia during the transition, 1992-1996 // The Economics of Transition. 1999. Vol. 7. No. 1. P. 245-264.

Roshchin, S. Gender equality and extension of women rights in Russia within millennium development goals. UN Gender team group's Doclad. 2003.

Research tasks To disclose the determinants of gender wage gap

in Russia and Germany; To find out whether there is any gender wage gap

in Russia and Germany; To find out factors which influence wage

separately for men and women in Russia and Germany

To conduct the comparative analysis of Russia and Germany.

Research hypotheses The average wage of women makes up under 70-80% of

men one. Gender is one of the main social-demographic characteristics

that exerts influence on wage gap between men and women. There are objective characteristics that have negative impact

on gender wage gap: professional segregation, occupational segregation, number of working hours

There are objective characteristics that have positive impact on gender wage gap: ownership of enterprise, human capital

Generally, the rate of gender wage gap in Russia is higher than in Germany.

Methodology the dynamics of mean wages of men and women during

the period of time; regression analysis to estimate wage in Russia and in

Germany. The dependent variable will be wage and the independent variables will be gender, profession, industry, number of working hours, ownership of enterprise, age, education, career pattern;

regression with Heckman correction; the same regression analysis separately for men and

women.

The source of data, variables It is supposed to use RLMS data with the

following variables: Gender Age Education Wage Profession Industry Number of working hours Ownership of enterprise