Using a unique data set, this paper first documents that gaps in starting wages by race and sex persist after … discrimination, is partly responsible for race differences in starting wages. But because women's average performance in the sample …

This chapter summarizes recent research in economics that investigates differentials by race and gender in the labor … market. We start with a statistical overview of the trends in labor market outcomes by race, gender and Hispanic origin …. The remainder of the chapter reviews the evidence on race and gender gaps, particularly wage gaps. Section 5 reviews …

of adopting comparable worth to alleviate race- as well as gender-based wage discrimination. First we report the negative … find that implementing comparable worth would appreciably narrow the race- and gender-based wage gaps and significantly …Case studies in Canada, Australia, and the U.S. have found that pay equity (or comparable worth) has reduced the gender …

of adopting comparable worth to alleviate race- as well as gender-based wage discrimination. First we report the negative … find that implementing comparable worth would appreciably narrow the race- and gender-based wage gaps and significantly …Case studies in Canada, Australia, and the U.S. have found that pay equity (or comparable worth) has reduced the gender …

that this regulation does not affect the gender wage gap. In an online laboratory experiment, we study whether the failure …Wage transparency regulation is widely considered and adopted as a tool to reduce the gender wage gap. We combine field … of these types of information reduce the gender wage gap. Wage information even deters women from entering negotiations. …

unobserved determinants of hiring outcomes. In this study, the authors empirically investigate this bias in the context of gender …

unobserved determinants of hiring outcomes. In this study, the authors empirically investigate this bias in the context of gender …

This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … large-scale field experiment in which real college students seek information from 10,000 working professionals about various …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work …