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07.03.2023

Wage Differences between Men and Women in Austria from 2005 to 2021

WIFO Research Brief by René Böheim, Marian Fink and Christine Zulehner
We estimate a gender pay gap of 11.3 percent of the average female wage in 2021, which was lower than in previous years. The adjusted wage gap was 6.4 percent of the average female wage and thus hardly differed from the wage gap in the previous year (6.2 percent).

The main reasons for the observed wage differences are that women on average have less work experience than men and systematically take up different occupations than men. Another reason are differences in unobserved characteristics, such as different behaviour in individual wage negotiations.
 

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WIFO Research Briefs
07.03.2023
Wage Differences between Men and Women in Austria from 2005 to 2021
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Finalization: March 2023
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Please contact

Univ.-Prof. Dr. René Böheim
Univ.-Prof. Dr. René Böheim
Labour Economics, Income and Social Security
rene.boeheim@wifo.ac.at
Mag. Marian Fink
Mag. Marian Fink
Labour Economics, Income and Social Security
+43 1 798 26 01 - 319 marian.fink@wifo.ac.at
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christine Zulehner
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christine Zulehner
Labour Economics, Income and Social Security
+43 1 798 26 01 - 248 christine.zulehner@wifo.ac.at

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