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Exploring differences in the Gender Pay Gap in the UK: structural, occupational and socio-economic determinants
Ayari Dehkharghani, Hedye (2025) Exploring differences in the Gender Pay Gap in the UK: structural, occupational and socio-economic determinants.
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| Abstract: | This thesis researches the relationship between female representation in corporate leadership and the Gender Pay Gap in the United Kingdom. By running on cross-sectional dataset of 1280 UK based firms, this analysis analyzes the relationships between structural, occupational and socio-economic variables, specifically share of female executives, share of women on boards, gender diversity among executives, company size, firm registration as a Public Limited Company and average board member age, influence the mean hourly gender pay. By running a multiple linear regression, it is shown that higher proportion of female representation in leadership roles is significantly associated with smaller gender pay gaps. Public Limited Companies tend to create larger gaps, while firms with older boards tend to be associated with lower gender pay gaps. These findings suggest that including women in leadership roles may be the key to addressing wage inequality. However, the model only explains a small portion of these variances (adjusted r2 = 0.0205). This may be an indicator that other unmeasurable factors such as, gender-role expectations and part-time work status could play an important role. The study highlights that there is a need for more longitudinal data and occupational variables to better understand the determinants of the ongoing gender pay gap. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106750 |
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