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comparisons and caused employers to bargain more aggressively, lowering average wages. Other pay transparency policies, without …
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This paper analyzes the effects of differential turnover patterns and the existence of firm specific training, jointly financed by employer and employee, on male-female wage and employment differentials. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of sex differences in occupational distribution and...
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Aiming to reduce the gender wage gap, several states and cities have recently adopted legislation that prohibits …-in-difference and synthetic control approaches, we find the gender earnings ratio increased by 1 percent in states with SHBs. We find … these population wide increases are driven by an increase of the gender earnings ratio for households with all children over …
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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 …
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the observed gender differences in expected earnings profiles. We also find no evidence that gender differences in …
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employment discrimination against U.S. women. For the next 15 years, the gender gap in median earnings among full-time, full … different research designs to show that women's relative wages grew rapidly in the aftermath of this legislation. The data show …
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Using data from the largest online job portal in Nigeria, we document: (a) gender differences in salary offers for jobs … accordance with this relative shift in applications, in 2016, the salary-offer gender gap almost disappeared …
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Implementing a state-of-the-art machine learning technique for causal identification from text data (C-TEXT), we document that patents authored by female inventors are under-cited relative to those authored by males. Relative to what the same patent would be predicted to receive had the lead...
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differ only in their gender. Jobs recommended uniquely to the male and female profiles in a pair differ modestly in their … observed characteristics, with female jobs advertising lower wages, requesting less experience, and coming from smaller firms … more stereotypically female content than men's. Using our experimental design, we can conclude that these gender gaps are …
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Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a large gender pay gap due to women working at lower … suggests that amenities are important for both men and women, that compensating differentials explain half of the gender pay … gap, and that there are significant output and welfare gains from eliminating gender differences. However, equal …
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