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Stagnation only on the surface? T he implications of skill and family responsibilities for the gender wage gap in S weden, 1974–2010[Note 7. We thank participants at the LNU‐seminar at the Swedish ...]
Author(s) -
Boye Katarina,
Halldén Karin,
Magnusson Charlotta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/1468-4446.12252
Subject(s) - wage , demographic economics , economics , fell , labour economics , gender gap , psychology , geography , cartography
The wage differential between women and men persists in advanced economies despite the inflow of women into qualified occupations in recent years. Using five waves of the Swedish Level‐of‐Living Survey (LNU), this paper explores the gender wage gap in Sweden during the 1974–2010 period overall and by skill level. The empirical analyses showed that the general gender wage gap has been nearly unchanged for the past 30 years. However, the gender difference in wage in less qualified occupations fell considerably, whereas the gender pay gap remained stable for men and women in qualified occupations. The larger significance of family responsibilities for wages in qualified occupations is one likely explanation for this result.