Gender differences in rent sharing and its implications for the gender wage gap, evidence from Sweden

This study, using matched employer-employee data, analyses gender differences in rent sharing. Results indicate significantly smaller remuneration from firm profits for women, a difference that increases along the wage distribution. Gender differences in rent sharing explain less than 2% of mean gender wage differentials as differences are found in remuneration from firm profit and not in the mean profit levels of employing firms. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.