RT Generic
T1 The gap between male and female pay in the Spanish tourism industry
A1 Muñoz-Bullón, Fernando
A2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa, 
AB This paper analyzes wage differentials between male and female workers in theSpanish tourism industry, using a large, administratively matched employer-employeedata set obtained from a representative sample of companies. This allows us to controlfor unobserved firm-specific factors likely to affect the magnitude of the gender wagegap. Our findings indicate that male workers earn on average 6.7% higher monthlywages than their socially comparable female counterparts. In particular, the type ofcontract held, the qualifications required for the job and the specific sub-sector ofemployment are very important variables in explaining this gender wage difference.We also find that only around 12% of the mean wage difference in the tourismindustry cannot be explained by differences in observable characteristics, which is wellbelow the average for the rest of the industries in Spain (87%). Our interpretation isthat minimum wage legislation provides a particularly effective protection to womenin the tourism industry, which is characterized by a large number of low-wage earners.
YR 2008
FD 2008-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/3149
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/3149
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 27 jul. 2024