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The gender wage gap is a persistent labor market phenomenon. Most research focuses on the determinants of these wage … (labor supply) of the wage gap? We demonstrate how the gender gap in gross hourly wages shows up in the distribution of …-benefit system and other sources of household income. We present a methodological framework for deriving the gender wage gap in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519518
The gender wage gap is a persistent labor market phenomenon. Most research focuses on the determinants of these wage … (labor supply) of the wage gap? We demonstrate how the gender gap in gross hourly wages shows up in the distribution of …-benefit system and other sources of household income. We present a methodological framework for deriving the gender wage gap in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517639
This paper theoretically analyzes the macroeconomic effects of gender discrimination against women in the labor market … leads to a discrimination-induced gender wage gap, lower wages for women and men, lower ag-gregate output, and lower welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286250
This paper theoretically analyzes the macroeconomic effects of gender discrimination against women in the labor market … leads to a discrimination-induced gender wage gap, lower wages for women and men, lower aggregate output, and lower welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062713
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012415093
It has been documented that the gender pay gap strongly increases after the birth of the first child. We focus on … Denmark and show that gender differences regarding commuting play an important role in explaining this. We offer 3 pieces of … evidence. First, the gender pay and commuting gaps come into existence at the same moment: when the first child is born. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650122
driving the gender wage gap, in particular compensating wage differentials. These results inform an analysis of sex pay … significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012310642
We analyse impacts of the rising labor force participation of women on the gender wage gap. We formulate and … occupations. Consistent with this we find a narrowing of the gender wage gap towards the upper end of the wage distribution and an … increase in the gender wage gap at the low end. Demand side trends favoured women and this attenuated the supply …
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We develop an equilibrium model of the labor market to investigate the joint evolution of gender gaps in labor force …, especially college-educated women. Consistent with these results, we see a widening of the gender wage gap at the lower end of …. The growth of appliances acted to widen the gender wage gap and the decline of fertility to narrow it. We also trace …
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Using quantile regression methods, this paper analyses the gender wage gap across the wage distribution and over time …-corrected gender wage gap is much larger than the one observed in the data, which is mainly due to large positive selection of women …, however, neither the observed nor the selection-corrected gender wage gap has narrowed over time. …
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