01906nas a2200253   4500008004100000020001400041245008800055210006900143260000900212300001400221490000700235520111500242653002301357653001901380653002401399653001801423653001901441653002001460100002101480700001601501700001601517700002001533856009901553       2015                        eng d  a0309-166X00aGender pay gaps and the restructuring of graduate labour markets in Southern Europe0 aGender pay gaps and the restructuring of graduate labour markets  c2015  a565 - 5980 v393 aIn this article we investigate whether education-job mismatches and growing occu-pational diversity are important explanatory factors of gender pay gaps amongst university graduates in Southern Europe (namely in Portugal, Spain, and Italy). We use standard decomposition techniques and test the implications of controlling for selection bias. Our results indicate that over-education and greater occupational segregation associated with the emergence of new graduate job profiles are impor-tant determinants of earnings inequality. Whilst our focus is on graduates' early careers, demonstrating that occupational assignment and selection into employ-ment shape gender pay gaps amongst the highly skilled provides a more pessimistic view on the ability of educational expansion or equal pay legislation to significantly reduce gender pay inequality. Southern European economies are also particularly interesting to look at since there may be a greater degree of mismatch between the pace of higher education expansion and the changes in the job structure, making women particularly vulnerable to over-education.10aEducation mismatch10aGender pay gap10aGraduate employment10aJob structure10aSelection bias10aWage inequality1 aFigueiredo, Hugo1 aRocha, Vera1 aBiscaia, R.1 aTeixeira, Pedro  uhttps://www.cipes.pt/gender-pay-gaps-and-restructuring-graduate-labour-markets-southern-europe