Glass Ceiling or Sticky Floor? Exploring the Australian Gender Pay Gap

Lim (previously Kee), Hiau Joo

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Glass Ceiling or Sticky Floor? Exploring the Australian Gender Pay Gap

Date

2006

Authors

Lim (previously Kee), Hiau Joo

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, this paper analyses the gender wage gaps across the wage distribution in both the public and private sectors in Australia. Quantile regression techniques are used to control for various