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What Drives the Gender Gap? An Analysis Using Sexual Orientation

Montag, Josef - Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ - 2014

Gender differences in productivity, if any, that are unobserved to researchers may produce an omitted variable bias in gender gap studies. Finding a subpopulation with less acute differences in unobserved characteristics would allow this concern to be addressed. This paper argues that gays and...

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On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007

This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more …

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The Gender Wage Gap: Does a Gender Gap in Reservation Wages Play a Part?

Caliendo, Marco; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Mahlstedt, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper focuses on re-examining the gender wage gap and the potential role that reservation wages play. Based on two waves of rich data from the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey we examine the importance of gender differences in reservation wages to explain the gender gap in realized wages for a...

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Women and the Italian economy

Bianco, Magda; Lotti, Francesca; Zizza, Roberta - Banca d'Italia - 2013

” discrimination, i.e. when the labour market rewards traits more commonly found in men even when they have no bearing on specific job …

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Occupational Pattern, Wage Rates and Earning Disparities in India: A Decomposition Analysis

MUKHERJEE, DIPA; MAJUMDER, RAJARSHI - In: Indian Economic Review 46 (2011) 1, pp. 131-152

discrimination during entry and wage setting, and that by endowment in explaining the occupational and earning disparities have been … Discrimination and Endowment gaps. …

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"Geography And Gender: Why Does the Gender Earnings Ratio Vary Across U.S. States?"

Hoffman, Saul D. - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2013

The gender earnings ratio for year-round full-time workers varies substantially across U.S. states, with a range of 24 percentage points. I examine the source of this variation to assess whether it is genuine or reflects compositional differences that vary across state. Using CPS data, I...

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"Why Does the Gender Earnings Gap Vary Across U.S. States? Fixed Effect Models of Male and Female Earnings"

Hoffman, Saul D. - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2012

: A recent Census Bureau report shows that the gender earnings ratio for year-round full-time workers varies substantially across states, with a range of 24 percentage points. In this paper, I examine this variation by estimating state-fixed effect models of earnings for men and women, using...

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Determinants of the Employment Status of Indigenous Australians: The Role of Crime.

Borland, J.; Hunter, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997

This study examines the determinants of the employment status of Indigenous Australians using data from the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey.

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Woman on the International Labour Market

Stasko, Anna Wziatek- - In: Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business 9 (2006) Special Conference Issue, pp. 157-168

The paper examines the changing role and responsibilities of man and women in 21st century.

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Race and Marriage in the Labor Market: A Discrimination Correspondence Study in a Developing Country

Arceo-Gómez, Eva Olimpia; Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2013

In Mexico, as in most Latin American countries with indigenous populations, it is commonly believed that European phenotypes are preferred to mestizo or indigenous phenotypes. However, it is hard to test for such racial biases in the labor market using official statistics since race can only be...

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