Calendrier du 04 février 2020
Paris Trade Seminar
Du 04/02/2020 de 14:30 à 16:30
PSE, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014, Paris - salle R2-21
GIORDANI Paolo (Rome)
Unintended consequences: can the rise of the educated class explain the revival of protectionism?
écrit avec Fabio Mariani
Du 04/02/2020 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R1-09, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
KNEBELMANN Justine (Sciences Po)
The Long Way to Gender Equality: Gender Differences in Pay in Germany, 1871-2016
écrit avec Charlotte Bartels (German Institute for Economic Research)
The role of women in the economies of industrialized countries and, thus, their societal status and opportunities have changed radically in the last 150 years. While scholars estimated the long-run development of gender pay differences for the USA, Sweden and the United Kingdom, long-run trends for Germany are scarce. This paper examines the long-run development of the gender pay ratio in Germany from the 1870s until the present day. Using official inquiry reports, contemporary academic works, and publications of the Statistical Offices, it shows that the German path towards gender equality in pay has parallel dynamics to the Swedish case and very different patterns compared to the US-American experience. While the gender pay ratio made a great leap forward during the interwar period, slower growth characterizes the post-war period. Migration of women into white-collar work combined with the progressive institutional framework of the Weimar Republic might be one essential lever for the observed increase in the interwar period.
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 04/02/2020 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R1-09, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
KNEBELMANN Justine (Sciences Po)
The Long Way to Gender Equality: Gender Differences in Pay in Germany, 1871-2016
The role of women in the economies of industrialized countries and, thus, their societal status and opportunities have changed radically in the last 150 years. While scholars estimated the long-run development of gender pay differences for the USA, Sweden and the United Kingdom, long-run trends for Germany are scarce. This paper examines the long-run development of the gender pay ratio in Germany from the 1870s until the present day. Using official inquiry reports, contemporary academic works, and publications of the Statistical Offices, it shows that the German path towards gender equality in pay has parallel dynamics to the Swedish case and very different patterns compared to the US-American experience. While the gender pay ratio made a great leap forward during the interwar period, slower growth characterizes the post-war period. Migration of women into white-collar work combined with the progressive institutional framework of the Weimar Republic might be one essential lever for the observed increase in the interwar period.