estimates for a number of reasons. Consequently, if we neglect this potential bias in OLS when estimating the gender wage gap …Previous studies on gender wage discrimination have relied on OLS when estimating the wage equations. However, there … find overwhelming evidence that OLS seriously overestimate the unexplained gender wage gap. …

the determinants of the least squares bias of the wage return to education. We find that disregarding individual fixed … effects is highly problematic, accounting for 95% of the bias. In contrast, disregarding firm fixed effects has marginal …

In this paper the extensive empirical literature on the gender wage gap is reviewed with particular attention given to … lead to inconsistent parameter estimates. On the other hand, empirical evidence on the gender wage gap hinges on the …

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …

In addition to discrimination, market power, and human capital, gender differences in risk preferences might also … contribute to observed gender wage gaps. We conduct laboratory experiments in which subjects choose between a risky (in terms of … more likely than men to select the secure job, and these job choices accounted for between 40% and 77% of the gender wage …