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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers an engaging contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have attempted to elucidate this challenging topic.
Trade Review‘Sielska’s book should be required reading for all who ignorantly use the term “gender wage gap” and rant about alleged discrimination. This is the definitive work on the subject.’ -- Philipp Bagus, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements 1. Economic theories of discrimination 2. The gender wage gap under the microscope: methods of measurement 3. The explained part of the gender wage gap 4. The unexplained part of the gender wage gap. Conclusion to Explaining the Gender Wage Gap Bibliography Index
