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Chapter 1. Decomposition Methods in Economics
Fortin, Nicole; Lemieux, Thomas; Firpo, Sergio - In: Handbook of labor economics : volume 4, part A, (pp. 1-102). 2011
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of decomposition methods that have been developed since the seminal work of Oaxaca and Blinder in the early 1970s. These methods are used to decompose the difference in a distributional statistic between two groups, or its change over time, into...
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Gender-wage gap distribution with endogenous human capital: the Spanish case
Narvaez, Mario Rueda; Gomez, Maria Lucia Navarro - In: Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación
This paper aims to verify the existence of gender-based wage discrimination in Spain and, if so, to quantify it. Using … discrimination exists (applying the female wage structure) and when it doesn’t (applying the male wage structure). This allows for a … full distributional analysis of gender-wage gaps. Our results show that discrimination is distributed unevenly across …
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Public-private sector pay differentials in a devolved Scotland
Heitmueller, Axel - In: Journal of Applied Economics IX (2006) November, pp. 295-323
The public-private sector wage gap in Scotland in 2000 is analysed using the extension sample of the British Household Panel Study (BHPS). Employing a switching regression model, and testing for double sample selection from the participation decision and sector choice, the wage gap is shown to...
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A search model with endogenous job destruction and discrimination: Why equal wage policies may not eliminate wage disparity
Lanning, Jonathan A. - In: Labour Economics 26 (2014) C, pp. 55-71
This paper extends the search with discrimination framework by introducing jobs that are constrained by equal wage … policies can actually increase the steady-state level of market discrimination. I discuss this result's implication that … different policies may be optimal to combat discrimination based on race versus discrimination based on gender, though this …
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YOUNG WORKERS, MARITAL STATUS AND WAGE GAP
DÍAZ, M. ÁNGELES; SÁNCHEZ, ROSARIO - In: Revista de Economia Aplicada 21 (2013) 1, pp. 57-70
This paper analyses whether marital status has a significant effect on wages and whether it is a determinant of the gender gap. We use the stochastic frontier approach to explain the differences between the potential and the observed wage that an individual could obtain, given his or her human...
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Overview of Firm-Size and Gender Pay Gaps in Turkey: The Role of Informal Employment
Akar, Gizem; Balkan, Binnur; Tümen, Semih - In: Ekonomi-tek - International Economics Journal 2 (2013) 3, pp. 1-21
This paper documents two new findings linking firm-size and gender pay gaps to informal employment using micro-level data from Turkey. First, we show that the firm-size wage gap, defined as larger firms paying higher wages to observationally equivalent workers, is greater for informal employment...
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Disability and labor market outcomes
Jones, Melanie - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring employment …
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Verdienstdifferenzen zwischen Frauen und Männern nur teilweise durch Strukturmerkmale zu erklären
Busch, Anne; Holst, Elke - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 15, pp. 184-190
Die Entlohnung von Frauen in abhängigen Beschäftigungen blieb in Deutschland auch im Jahr 2006 deutlich hinter der der Männer zurück. Für den Durchschnitt der Vollzeitbeschäftigen zeigt sich beim Bruttomonatsverdienst eine Lücke von 18 Prozent. Schätzungen unter Berücksichtigung von...
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The levelling effect of product market competition on gender wage discrimination
Hirsch, Boris; Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-14
with few females in their workforces. Our findings are in line with Beckerian taste-based employer wage discrimination that …
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Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico
Cano-Urbina, Javier; Mason, Patrick L. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 21, pp. 1-29
This paper empirically examines the relationship between the self-identity as Indigenous and earnings inequality in the Mexican labor market. Using Mexican Census data and a large set of wage covariates reveals the existence of an earnings penalty for self-identification as Indigenous. There is...
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