@article{fdi:010057507,
  title = {{E}vidence on the glass ceiling effect in {F}rance : using matched worker-firm data},
  author = {{J}ellal, {M}. and {N}ordman, {C}hristophe {J}. and {W}olff, {F}.{C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n this article, we investigate the relevance of the glass ceiling hypothesis in {F}rance, according to which there exist larger gender wage gaps at the upper tail of the wage distribution. {U}sing a matched worker-firm data set of about 1 30 000 employees and 14 000 employers, we estimate quantile regressions and rely on a principal component analysis to summarize information specific to the firms. {O}ur different results show that accounting for firm-related characteristics reduces the gender earnings gap at the top of the distribution, but the latter still remains much higher at the top than at the bottom. {F}urthermore, a quantile decomposition shows that the gender wage gap is mainly due to differences in the returns to observed characteristics rather than in differences in characteristics between men and women.},
  keywords = {{FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied {E}conomics},
  volume = {40},
  numero = {24},
  pages = {3233--3250},
  ISSN = {0003-6846},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1080/00036840600994070},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057507},
}