@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3210, author={Cardoso, Ana Rute and Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf}, title={Mentoring and Segregation: Female-Led Firms and Gender Wage Policies}, year={2007}, month={Dec}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={3210}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3210}, abstract={We explore the impact of mentoring of females and gender segregation on wages using a large longitudinal data set for Portugal. Female managers can protect and mentor female employees by paying them higher wages than male-led firms would do. We find that females can enjoy higher wages in female-led firms, the opposite being true for males. In both cases is a higher share of females reducing the wage level. These results are compatible with a theory where job promotion is an important factor of wage increases: if more females are to be mentored, less promotion slots are available for males, but also the expected chance of a female to be promoted is lower.}, keywords={gender gap;wages;matched employer-employee data;female entrepreneurs}, }