• Statistical Series
• 07. September 2021
• Vol 106, Issue 6
• ISSN: 1670-4770



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The purpose of the present paper is to estimate the difference in hourly wages between female and male employees and itstime evolution in Iceland. The paper is part of a study conducted in cooperation with the Prime Minister's Office. The wage difference estimates account for a set of measured individual and employment characteristics which include experience in a given company, age and other demographic attributes of employees, education, occupation, economic activity of employer, female/male proportion of employees in the occupation category, economic sector and activity, size and location of company.