Showing 1 - 10 of 23,563
This paper investigates the evolution of the gender wage gap in South Africa, using the 1993-2015 Post-Apartheid Labour …-paying industries However, the median gender wage gap is substantial at 23-35 per cent. This is unexplained by differences in human … discrimination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986917
This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences …, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to … heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings penalties of 9% in comparison to heterosexual men, and bisexual women faced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698191
An important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap is the way the labor market … individual labor market outcomes and the way attractiveness affects gender wage differentials. Further research is needed on the … transmission and the effect this has on the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413089
employees. They might be more aware of the societal debate about gender discrimination and "aim higher" in setting their …This paper examines gender differences in perceptions of the fairness of one's own pay. Theoretically, we draw on two … paradox"), and on perceived discrimination among ethnic minorities ("integration paradox"). Empirically, we depart from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014633879
information on employers, to measure the relative bargaining power of men and women and assess the impact of the gender gap in … bargaining strength on the male-female wage gap. We show that a model with additive fixed effects for workers and gender … perform a simple decomposition by assigning the firm-specific wage premiums for one gender to the other. Second, we relate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010125907
an entirely female occupation entails a loss in individual earnings of twelve percent in Britain, six percent in … disparities across male and female occupations are due to gender devaluation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476260
explain sexual orientation differences in earnings, gay men would need to be less competitive than other men and lesbian women … data, we show that competitiveness is a significant predictor of earnings. Differences in competitiveness can account for a … significant portion of the gay earnings penalty, but cannot explain the lesbian premium. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346565
This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences …, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to … heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings penalties of 9% in comparison to heterosexual men, and bisexual women faced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661529
Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender … explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender differences in occupation and industry continued to be important. Moreover …, the gender pay gap declined much more slowly at the top of the wage distribution that at the middle or the bottom and by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417670
plants, we investigate the effect of product market competition on the gender pay gap. Controlling for match fixed effects we … few females in their workforces. Our findings are in line with Beckerian taste-based employer wage discrimination that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375829