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Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to higher promotion standards for women. If...
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We develop a two sector competitive equilibrium model that rationalizes the gender pay gap by the coexistence of two … on their physical endowments. We prove the existence of a competitive equilibrium where the gender pay gap arises. The … an ineffective way to reduce the gender pay gap …
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This paper presents the advantages of taking into account the distribution of the individual wage gap when analysing female wage discrimination. The limitations of previous approaches such as the classic Oaxaca-Blinder and the recent distributive proposals using quantile regressions or...
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We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...
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In examining whether an employer has set the pay for female employees systematically lower than it did for similarly situated male employees, careful attention must be paid to the range of alternatives reasonably available to the employer at the time it made its decisions. In this article four...
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We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …
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"Economics Without Money; Sex Without Gender" critiques Tomas Philipson and Richard Posner's neoclassically-based model … market. In so doing, these models ignore the ways in which political, social, and cultural inequalities (e.g., race, gender … model's neoclassical assumptions and its prescriptions for public policy in the areas of epidemiology, HIV testing, and …
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