Do attitudes towards equlaity between men and women affect the gender wage gap?

• Main Authors: Sedehi Zadeh, Noor, Larsson, Morgan
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS) 2017
• Subjects: Gender wage gap; Attitudes; Gender equality; Labour Market; Economics; Nationalekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-66866

The objective of this essay is to investigate how attitudes towards equality between men and women affect the gender wage gap. The essay studies how positive and negative attitudes on gender equality affects the gender income gap. This study investigates this by using data of the mean yearly incomes from 290 municipalities in Sweden during the years 2000-2008. Additionally, using a survey conducted by the SOM-institute at the Gothenburg university to measure attitudes towards gender equality. The results indicate that positive attitudes towards gender equality had a decreasing effect on the gender wage gap. A conclusion from this essay is that a more egalitarian attitude contributes to a decrease in the existing gender wage gap.