Female Disadvantage in the Gender Wage Differential of the Netherlands

The gender wage differential is a persistent aspect of the Dutch labour market. This study examines the gender wage differential across different levels of income by accounting for marital status, ethnicity and job type via field of education. Panel data representative of the Dutch population from the years 2011-2014 is used to study the wage differential. The results of the Oaxaca-Ransom decomposition find an overall 14% wage gap for the Netherlands with female disadvantage arising from marital status and female advantage arising from field of education. The Melly decomposition indicates an increasing level of discrimination for lower levels of income.