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The gender reservation wage gap: evidence from British panel data

Our findings suggest the existence of a gender reservation wage gap, with a differential of around 10%. The presence of children, particularly pre-school age children, plays an important role in explaining this differential. For individuals without children, the explained component of the differential is only 5%, which might indicate that perceived discrimination in the labour market influences the reservation wage setting of females.
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2010-05
Authors: Roberts, Jennifer ; Taylor, Karl ; Brown, Sarah
Institutions: Department of Economics, University of Sheffield
Subject: Reservation Wages | Wage Decomposition
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Number 2010010 9 pages
Classification: J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
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