techniques. We find no assoication between marriage and wages for women, but for men a large and significant premium exists with … on men's and women's earnings. We extend earlier earnings research and investigate whether the effect of marriage is … constant for men and women at different points on the conditional earnings distribution by using robust and quantile regression …

In the 1980s, both wages and labor supply of poorly educated men fell substantially relative to those of educated men … hours and wages. The small implied labor supply elasticities suggest that very little of the labor supply changes of men …. Some observers have interpreted this positive association between changes in wages and labor supply as reflecting movement …

persons to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, to identify their approach undertaken in implementing … equal employment opportunity. This industry is a female-dominated industry but, despite the high numbers of women employed … in the industry, there are limited numbers of women in management. This study is different from others in that it …

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore some issues regarding the career development of men and women retail … dominated by male norms and values and this has implications for the way in which men and women managers experience their jobs …

The classic dual economy models of developing countries hold minimum wages (among other institutions) accountable for … thousands workers living in Costa Rica to test whether legal minimum wages have a differential impact on the wages of workers in … evidence from Costa Rica is contrary to the assumptions of these models. We find that increases in minimum wages not only raise …

This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings … Costa Rica. This country’s large uncovered sector and complex minimum wage policy, which has for decades set numerous wages … minimum wages. We find that legal minimum wages have a significant positive effect on the wages of workers in the covered …

for men that are very small. The own-wage elasticity for women is positive and the cross-wage elasticity for women … suggest that the earnings of the wives of low-income men would actually have fallen over the decade if women's tabor supply …The large changes in relative wages that occurred during the 1980s provide fertile ground for studying the behavioral …

"Few women, even today, remain in the labor market full time all their adult lives, and few give as high a priority to … market work as men generally do. This paper investigates the impact of various patterns of labor force participation on the … wage rate of female clerical workers, the single largest occupational category for women. It was found that while the …

increases in award-based wages for certain industries dominated by women workers. However, the capacity of state tribunals to … created by industrial tribunals have been able to improve the pay of women workers, due to their coverage of the workforce of …