Maltseva I., Nesterova D. Within-Firm Gender Segregation: Sources and Consequences // ESCIRRU Working Paper No. 19 - Berlin, DIW, January 2010 - 29 p.

The paper studies the sources of gender segregation on the within-firm level and its effect on gender wage gap. In compare to numerous of papers devoted to gender segregation, this research is based on unique personnel data from one of Russian industrial firm for the period from 2002 to 2006. It’s shown that generation and fastening of segregated employment structures can be explained, firstly, by initial job assignments and, secondly, by gender differences in promotion paths for male and female workers. Estimations of the gender wage gap afford to conclude that it is largely driven by gender segregation between job positions and hierarchical levels rather than by workers’ characteristics.


Text of Working Paper (in English)

Main results of this study were published in
Maltseva I and D. Nesterova Within-Firm Gender Segregation: Causes and Consequences / In the Grip of Transition. Economic and Social Consequences of Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine / ed. by T. Bruck and H. Lehmann. - Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 - pp. 128-155.
Мальцева И.О., Нестерова Д.В. Гендерная сегрегация на внутреннем рынке труда: факторы и последствия // Вестник Воронежского государственного университета. Серия: Экономика и управление. 2011. №1. С. 244-255.