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 …

The relationship between occupational gender composition and wages is the basis of pay equity/comparable worth … occupational gender segregation in Canada and its consequences for wages. The sample period precedes many provincial pay equity … heterogeneity across worker groups on average, the link between female wages and gender composition is small and not statistically …

gender of the job loser. Finally, we document that parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply: while fathers of young …

, Ichimura, and Meghir (2007). Our results yield robust evidence of a gender wage gap, both in the 1970s and 1990s, at quantiles … evidence of a gender wage gap extends to quantiles up to the 0.7. When the assumption is further strengthened to require … stochastic dominance, the evidence of a gender wage gap extends to all quantiles, and there is some evidence at the 0.8 and …