parameters of the best linear approximation is characterized via its support function, and limit theory is developed for the …, 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 …

This paper presents a theory where increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender wage …. It generates changes in fertility, labor market attachment, and the gender wage-gap as part of a single process of social …

The purpose of this paper is to study the joint determination of gender differentials in labor market outcomes and in … amplify differences in earnings due to gender differentials in home hours. In turn, earnings differentials reinforce the …

question we propose a theory of the assignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilled agents … globalization. Globalization leads to better matches for all southern workers but only for the best northern workers. As a result …, we show that globalization increases wage inequality in the South but not necessarily in the North. We also study how …

Globalization has been blamed for rising inequality in rich and poor countries. Yet the views of many protagonists in … empirical literature on the relationship between globalization and wage inequality. While the initial analysis that started in … cumulative effect has been modest, and that globalization does not explain the preponderance of the rise in wage inequality …

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 …