D-MTEC Media Update – 7% unexplained gender wage gap among ETH alumni

D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. Researchers at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute detect a 7% unexplained gender wage gap among ETH alumni, this could, but does not have to be, a sign of gender pay discrimination. Hans Gersbach, Professor of Macroeconomics, proposes that the SNB should be more transparent by publishing minutes of management meetings.

seven percent unexplained wage gap
Gender differences in working conditions and fringe benefits cannot explain the unequal treatment of women in terms of pay. Shutterstock / ian johnston

7% unexplained pay gap between women and men among ETH alumni

Michael Siegenthaler | KOF Konjukturforschungsstelle
Mahsa Khoshnama | KOF Konjukturforschungsstelle
Daniel Kopp | KOF Konjukturforschungsstelle

external page Link to Study: Job Situation of ETH Alumni: Results of the ETH Alumni Survey

Link to KOF Bulletin article

KOF Director Jan-Egbert Sturm reinforces his proposal of a corona-benefit-tax

Jan-Egbert Sturm | KOF Konjukturforschungsstelle

Minutes of SNB management meetings should be published

Hans Gersbach | Chair of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy

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