Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Source …country patterns, particularly the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico …

We consider the gender pay gap in the United States. Both gender-specific factors, including gender differences in …, importantly influence the gender pay gap. Declining gender differentials in the U.S., and the more rapid closing of the gender pay … gap in the U.S. than elsewhere, appear to be primarily due to gender-specific factors. However, the relatively large …

study gender differences in promotion rates and in the wage gains attached to promotions. Several unique features of our … attached to promotions, and relatively few studies on gender differences have considered promotions and wage increases together … there is essentially no gender difference in wage growth with or without promotions …

convergence in the 1990s. Factors that may have contributed to the slower narrowing of the unexplained gender pay gap include … changes in labor force selectivity, changes in gender differences in unmeasured characteristics and labor market …

's gender pay gap. Using micro-data for 22 countries over the 1985-94 period, we find that more compressed male wage structures … and lower female net supply are both associated with a lower gender pay gap. Since it is likely that labor market … between the gender pay gap and male wage inequality suggests that wage-setting mechanisms, such as encompassing collective …

We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has … find robust evidence that, after controlling for selection, there were large declines in the raw and the unexplained gender … and actual labor market experience. However, we note that substantial gender wage gaps remain. In 2015, at the median, the …

This paper examines gender differences in labor market outcomes for hard-to-employ youth in the US and West Germany …

Empirical research on gender pay gaps has traditionally focused on the role of gender-specific factors, particularly … gender differences in qualifications and differences in the treatment of otherwise equally qualified male and female workers … (i.e., labor market discrimination). This paper explores the determinants of the gender pay gap and argues for the …

1987 and Current Population Survey (CPS) data for 1971 and 1988 to analyze how this dramatic decline in the gender gap was …. These 'gender-specific' factors were more than sufficient to counterbalance changes in both measured and unmeasured prices … observed relative changes in the gender gap among skill groups, specifically a faster closing of the gap at the bottom of the …