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Nikolaos Theodoropoulos

University of Cyprus

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Author

Current position

Associate professor, University of Cyprus

Research interest

Labor economics, Personnel Economics

Website

https://www.ucy.ac.cy/directory/en/profile/nikosthe

Past positions

Lecturer, University of Cyprus; Post Doctoral Researcher, University College London

Qualifications

PhD, University of Leicester, 2006

Selected publications

  • "Health Shocks and Spousal Labor Supply: An International Perspective." Journal of Population Economics 36:2 (2023): 974-1004 (with N. Jolly)

  • "Are Women Doing it for Themselves? Gender Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 84:6 (2022):1329-1355 (J. Forth and A. Bryson)

  • "Who Goes on Disability When Times are Tough? The Role of Work Norms Among Immigrants." European Economic Review 143 (2022):103983 (with D. Furtado and K. Papps)

  • "Disagreement and Informal Delegation in Organizations." International Journal of Industrial Organization 74 (2021): 102696(with E. Ekinci)

  • "Hierarchy and the Employer Size Effect on Wages: Evidence from Britain." Economica 88:351 (2021): 671-696 (with C. Green and J. Heywood)

article(s)

  • Employers and the gender wage gap

    Sorting across workplaces, and unequal rewards within them, are major causes of the gender wage gap

    John ForthNikolaos Theodoropoulos, October 2023
    In most developed countries, women have closed the gap in educational attainment and labor market experience, yet gender wage gaps persist. This has led to an increased focus on the role of employers and employment practices. In particular, research has focused on the types of workplace where men and women work, their promotion prospects and the extent to which they are rewarded differently for similar work. Understanding the relative importance of these features, and the mechanisms that generate them, is necessary to design effective policy responses.
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