This paper estimates the raw and adjusted gender pay gap in Ireland between 2011 2018, a period of austerity measures recovery from Great Recession. Using survey data sources linked to administrative information on earnings, we show that wage across distribution has not changed much over this period: it is larger for higher earners mainly concentrated private sector. Distribution Regression met...

In Austria, a gender pay transparency law was introduced in 2011, requiring companies with more than 1,000 employees to publish report every other year. Firms 500, 250, and 150 were subject this requirement at later years. We estimate the impact of on men’s wages, women’s gap using administrative data. The results from regression discontinuity design suggest that wage did not change wages or ga...