International Comparison of Gender Pay Gap: Equal pay policy and gendering statistics in EU

• Project/Area Number: 15K01913
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Senshu University (2019); Kanazawa University (2015-2018)
• Principal Investigator: SUGIHASHI YAYOI 専修大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60377009)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 男女間賃金格差 / 国際比較 / EU / ジェンダー統計 / 指標

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project examines statistical methods of the gender pay gap from the viewpoint of gender statistics. (1) It reviews the better indicators to reflect the gender pay gap and examines both a virtue and inherent limitations of the statistical or econometric methods of the gender pay gap. (2) It undertakes international comparisons of the gender pay gap, with consideration of the low wage earners, after carefully examining of statistical quality of the wage surveys. (3) It examines wage surveys of Japan and EU from the viewpoint of gender statistics.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、社会統計学を基盤にするジェンダー統計研究の視角から、男女間賃金格差の統計的研究を行う点に特徴がある。すなわち、ジェンダー視点から、賃金統計の生産過程とその品質について検討し、男女間賃金格差の分析諸手法の特徴と限界をとらえた上で、日本と諸外国の男女間賃金格差の国際比較を統計の点から明らかにしようとするものである。多くの男女間賃金格差の実証研究では計量経済学的手法の適用とその結果を読み取ることにとどまることが多く、統計データや手法の品質も含めて、男女間賃金格差の国際比較を統計的によりトータルに行うことは希薄である。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 国連と日本のジェンダー統計活動の展開－ジェンダー統計の充実に向けて－ (2019)
  • Author(s): 杉橋やよい
  • Journal Title: 労働調査 Volume: 7月号 Pages: 4-9
  • Open Access
• [Presentation] 日本と EU 諸国との男女間賃金格差の比較 (2019)
  • Author(s): 杉橋やよい
  • Organizer: 経済統計学会 第63回研究総会
• [Presentation] 男女間賃金格差の国際比較の試み－指標と国際賃金統計の吟味を通じて－ (2018)
  • Author(s): 杉橋やよい
  • Organizer: 経済統計学会
• [Presentation] 男女間賃金格差是正策における統計指標について (2016)
  • Author(s): 杉橋やよい
  • Organizer: 第60回経済統計学会全国研究総会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学（鹿児島県鹿児島市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-11
• [Presentation] Japanese Gender Pay Gap: Focusing on Gender-Disaggregated Indicators (2016)
  • Author(s): Sugihashi, Y.
  • Organizer: The 25th International Association for Feminist Economics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Galway, Ireland
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Gender Statistics in Japan: Focusing on natural disasters (2016)
  • Author(s): Sugihashi, Y.
  • Organizer: International Forum on Gender Statistics and Policy
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Invited
• [Presentation] EUの男女間賃金格差の測定方法に関する方針－紹介と検討－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 杉橋やよい
  • Organizer: 経済統計学会第59回全国研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海学園大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-11
• [Presentation] Wage Surveys: The Tool for Understanding Gender Wage Differentials? A Japanese Perspective (2015)
  • Author(s): Sugihashi, Yayoi
  • Organizer: The 24th International Association for Feminist Economics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-16
  • Int'l Joint Research