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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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In this lecture I first give an explanation for invidious preferences based on the (evolutionary) competition for resources. Then I show that these preferences have wide ranging and empirically relevant effects on labor markets, such as: workplace skill segregation, gradual promotions, wage...
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Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...
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workers are affected the most, how employment and wages adjust to increased services trade, and the impact of policy settings … quantitatively small. Looking at the distributional impact, there is mixed evidence for a skill bias in wages related to increased … exert downward pressure on the wages of women compared to the ones of men. …
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pay gap. Among them are skill supply and demand, unions, and minimum wages, which influence the economywide wage returns …
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