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Structural Change in Developing Countries : Has it Decreased Gender Inequality?
Rendall, Michelle - 2012
inequality. In contrast, Brazil's labor requirements have followed a similar trend seen in the United States, reducing gender … inequality in both wages and labor force participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106183
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For whom the bell tolls: the firm-level effects of automation on wage and gender inequality
Domini, Giacomo; Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele; … - 2021
This paper investigates the impact of investment in automation- and AI- related goods on within-firm wage inequality in … the French economy during the period 2002-2017. We document that most of wage inequality in France is accounted for by … inequality. Instead, wages increase by 1% three years after the events at different percentiles of the distribution. Our findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584325
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Effects of Automation on the Gender Pay Gap : the case of Estonia
Pavlenkova, Ilona; Alfieri, Luca; Masso, Jaan - 2021
This paper investigates how investments in automation-intensive goods affects the gender pay gap. The evidence on the effects of automation on the labour market is growing; however, little is known about the implications of automation for the gender pay gap. The data used in the paper are from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219146
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The distribution of the gender wage gap : an equilibrium model
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Fernández, Manuel; Wang, Fan - 2022
We develop an equilibrium model of the labor market to investigate the joint evolution of gender gaps in labor force participation and wages. We do this overall and by task-based occupation and skill, which allows us to study distributional effects. We structurally estimate the model using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187865
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Structural change in developing countries : has it decreased gender inequality?
Rendall, Michelle - 2012
inequality. In contrast, Brazil's labor requirements have followed a similar trend seen in the United States, reducing gender … inequality in both wages and labor force participation. -- Structural Change ; Job Tasks ; Female Employment ; Wage Gap ; Latin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740923
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Working from home : heterogeneous effects on hours worked and wages
Arntz, Melanie; Ben Yahmed, Sarra; Berlingieri, Francesco - 2019
Working from home (WfH) has become much more common since the early 2000s. We exploit the German Socio-Economic Panel between 1997 and 2014 to investigate how such a work arrangement affects labour market outcomes and life satisfaction. We find that childless employees work an extra hour per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999055
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The distribution of the gender wage gap
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Fernández, Manuel - 2018
change, occupational sorting, wage inequality and polarization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880514
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The distribution of the gender wage gap
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Fernández, Manuel - 2018
change, occupational sorting, wage inequality and polarization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867500
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Technological progress, occupational structure, and gender gaps in the German labour market
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle - 2024
We analyze if technological progress and the change in the occupational structure have improved women's position in the labour market. We show that women increasingly work in non-routine manual and in interactive occupations. However, the observed narrowing of the gender wage gap is entirely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547925
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Robots, Computers, and the Gender Wage Gap
Ge, Suqin - 2020
We analyze the effects of two automation technologies, industrial robots and computing equipment, on the gender wage gap in US local labor markets between 1990 and 2015. We find distinct impact of robot and computer capital: an increase in robots decreases male wage more than female wage,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012847849