Table 2

Main estimates of gender wage gap

Dependent variable: hourly wages in main DHB job (ln)
 123456
Female−0.237‡−0.106‡−0.097‡−0.134‡−0.137‡−0.119‡
(0.019)(0.015)(0.015)(0.015)(0.015)(0.015)
Hours worked in main DHB job (omitted 41–50 hours)
 30 or fewer0.230‡0.232‡0.197‡
(0.024)(0.024)(0.027)
 31–400.044‡0.045‡0.041†
(0.017)(0.017)(0.017)
 51–60−0.149‡−0.151‡−0.141‡
(0.015)(0.015)(0.016)
 Over 60−0.288‡−0.291‡−0.278‡
(0.022)(0.022)(0.022)
One-child family0.015
(0.021)
Family with two or more children0.004
(0.019)
Highest qualification (omitted bachelor’s degree)
 Honours and master’s0.029*
(0.016)
 Doctorate0.090‡
(0.018)
Foreign born−0.012
(0.020)
Overseas trained0.041†
(0.021)
Reports any non-European ethnicity−0.021
(0.024)
Reports Asian ethnicity−0.002
(0.027)
Social marital status (omitted non-partnered, never married or in civil union)
 Partnered0.014
(0.021)
 Previously partnered−0.064
(0.047)
Self-employed−0.010
(0.020)
Hours worked in other jobs (omitted 0 hours)
 1–100.091‡
(0.022)
 11–250.032
(0.028)
 26–400.130‡
(0.049)
 Over 400.233‡
(0.069)
Flexible age controlsNoYesYesYesYesYes
Specialty fixed effectsNoNoYesYesYesYes
DHB fixed effectsNoNoNoNoYesYes
R20.0450.4580.4800.5350.5400.552
Observations351035103510351035103402

  • Each column presents results from an ordinary least squares regression with dependent variable log hourly wage in main DHB job. Flexible age controls are an age spline of order 4. All observation counts have been randomly rounded to base 3. Robust SEs are in parentheses

  • *P<0.10.

  • †P<0.05.

  • ‡P<0.01.

  • DHB, district health board; OLS, ordinary least squares.