Table 7 Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions of the gender earnings gap for self-employed and paid employees (characteristics effects) a
From: Why is there a gender earnings gap in self-employment? A decomposition analysis with German data
dependent variable: logarithm of gross monthly earnings | Self-employed (N = 1,387) | Paid employees (N = 13,981) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
log points | share of total gap (in percent) | share of explained gap (in percent) | log points | share of total gap (in percent) | share of explained gap (in percent) | |
Reference group: men | ||||||
Gender earnings gap | 0.71*** (0.05) | 0.51*** (0.01) | ||||
Explained | 0.36*** (0.05) | 50.0 | 0.36*** (0.01) | 70.7 | ||
Human capital | 0.10*** (0.03) | 14.6 | 29.3 | 0.03*** (0.005) | 6.5 | 9.1 |
Family-work balance & hours | 0.16*** (0.03) | 22.1 | 44.3 | 0.25*** (0.01) | 49.3 | 69.7 |
Thereof: | ||||||
Working hours | 0.17** (0.03) | 23.1 | 46.3 | 0.25*** (0.01) | 49.4 | 69.8 |
Segregation | 0.09*** (0.03) | 12.7 | 25.5 | 0.07*** (0.01) | 14.3 | 20.2 |
Control variables | 0.004 (0.01) | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.003* (0.002) | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Reference group: women | ||||||
Gender earnings gap | 0.71*** (0.05) | 0.51*** (0.01) | ||||
Explained | 0.37*** (0.06) | 52.3 | 0.37*** (0.01) | 73.0 | ||
Human capital | 0.10*** (0.03) | 14.2 | 27.1 | 0.03*** (0.004) | 5.5 | 7.5 |
Family-work balance & hours | 0.23*** (0.04) | 31.7 | 60.7 | 0.28*** (0.01) | 54.9 | 75.3 |
Thereof: | ||||||
Working hours | 0.25*** (0.04) | 34.8 | 66.7 | 0.29*** (0.01) | 55.8 | 76.4 |
Segregation | 0.04 (0.05) | 6.0 | 11.5 | 0.06*** (0.01) | 12.0 | 16.5 |
Control variables | 0.003 (0.01) | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.003* (0.001) | 0.5 | 0.7 |