We report new evidence on the existence of sex discrimination in wages and whether competitive market forces act to … reduce or eliminate discrimination. Specifically, we use plant- and firm-level data to examine the relationships between … sex discrimination in wages in the short run in markets where plants have product market power. We also examine evidence …

We study the determinants of hiring gender discrimination in the French financial sector through a controlled … compensate this difference of treatment between genders so that there is no significant discrimination on average. …

comparisons with a control". The inference indicates that differences in gender discrimination across industry classifications is … gender specific component; the gender component is called the gender differential or wage gap and is sometimes interpreted as … a measure of sexual discrimination. Using data on fourteen industry classifications (e.g. retail sales, agriculture), a …

effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …

discrimination that builds on the work of S. Lundberg and R. Startz and incorporates differences in the cost of acquiring an …

The social science literature has done much to document pervasive racial discrimination in Brazil and there is little … attempted to quantify the impact of ethnic discrimination in Brazil. Using data culled from the Pesquisa National por Amostra de …