existence of pre-trends leads to an upward bias for the estimation of the minimum wage effect. We do not find any significant …

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 …

. Specifically, we study short-run fluctuations in adjusted gender wage gaps (unequal pay for equal work) following episodes of … declines in the gender wage gap. This decrease is driven mostly by episodes experienced among cohorts who enter the labor …

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 …

In this paper we revisit the gender decomposition of wages in the presence of selection bias. We show that when labor … participation decision also highlights the importance of using data on both spouses for the analysis of the gender wage gap. Taking …. We analyze its potential impact by analyzing the gender earnings differential using Canadian census data …

We extract estimation results on the Mincer earnings function from four earlier studies and add new results from a …

rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the estimation of the effect of overeducation on earnings. Oaxaca …

rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the estimation of the effect of overeducation on earnings. Oaxaca …