There are vast differences in the percentage of the gender wage gap that is left unexplained after adjusting for age, work experience, hours worked, education and job characteristics.
Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now – © OECD 2012 – OECD Secretariat estimates, based on EUSILC (2008), HILDA (2009), CPS (2008), KLIPS (2007), SLID (2008), JHPS (2009), CASEN (2009) and ENIGH (2010) (Annex III.A3).
Attributing this residual in gender pay gaps to discrimination implies vast differences in sex discrimination between countries with similar cultures. Furthermore, a large part of the gender wage gap is unexplained in countries such as Scandinavia which are held up as models in commitment to gender equality and have many family friendly policies including maternity leave that is generous by New Zealand and American standards.
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