Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap

Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 22% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 21% and 17% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 17%. Thus, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Polachek, Solomon W.
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014, May, izawol.16, p. 1-10
Publisher:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	gender \| wage inequality \| human capital

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J1 - Demographic Economics ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J17 - Value of Life; Foregone Income ; J7 - Discrimination ; J71 - Discrimination ; J78 - Public Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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