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The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups
Blau, Francine D.; Cohen, Isaac; Comey, Matthew L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use wage data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS MORG) to study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on lower-tail inequality between men and women, Blacks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372482
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The Narrowing of the U.S. Gender Earnings Gap, 1959-1999 : A Cohort-Based Analysis
Weinberger, Catherine - 2006
Using Census and Current Population Survey data spanning 1959 through 1999, we assess the relative contributions of two factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men's and women's age-earnings profiles, versus changes in relative earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466553
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Automation and Gender : Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap
Cortés, Patricia; Feng, Ying; Guida-Johnson, Nicolás; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine the differential effects of automation on the labor market and educational outcomes of women relative to men over the past four decades. Although women were disproportionately employed in occupations with a high risk of automation in 1980, they were more likely to shift to high-skill,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468230
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How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Shaped the Gender Gap in Pay
Bailey, Martha J.; Helgerman, Thomas E.; Stuart, Bryan A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In the 1960s, two landmark statutes--the Equal Pay and Civil Rights Acts--targeted the long-standing practice of employment discrimination against U.S. women. For the next 15 years, the gender gap in median earnings among full-time, full-year workers changed little, leading many scholars and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322720
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The Immigrant and Native-born Wage Distributions : Evidence from United States Censuses
Butcher, Kristin F. - 1998
wages of immigrants vis … vis the native born have declined. Using data from four U.S. Censuses (1960 - 1990) we examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472180
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International Migration, Self-Selection, and the Distribution of Wages : Evidence from Mexico and the United States
Chiquiar, Daniel - 2002
In this paper, we use data from the Mexico and U.S. population censuses to examine who migrates from Mexico to the United States and how the skills and economic performance of these individuals compare to those who remain in Mexico. We test Borjas' negative-selection hypothesis that in poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469467
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Are Immigrants the Best and Brightest U.S. Engineers?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2013
Using the American Community Surveys of 2009 and 2010, I examine the wages of immigrants compared to natives among engineering workers. Among workers in engineering occupations, immigrants are the best and brightest thanks to their high education level, enjoying a wage distribution shifted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459969
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Does Cultural Origin Affect Saving Behavior? Evidence from Immigrants
Carroll, Christopher D. - 1998
Because efforts to explain international saving differentials using traditional economic variables have not been very successful (Bosworth, 1993), some economists have proposed that national saving differences reflect cultural differences. We attempt to test that hypothesis by using data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472241
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Does Culture Matter?
Fernández, Raquel - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The … effect of culture from the original economic and institutional environment. This approach has been used to study a variety of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462380
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Immigrants and Gender Roles : Assimilation vs. Culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … to distinguish the effect of culture from that of social capital. These results support a growing literature that … suggests that culture matters for economic behavior. At the same time, the results suggest considerable evidence of …
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