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, but also to the source of that potential discrimination. Results from decomposing individual wage equations indicate that … aggregated, however, the pay, job placement, and hiring discrimination estimates yield an overall discrimination estimate of a 6 …A unique employer-level data set is used to provide insight not only to the degree of discrimination that may exist …
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …
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condition on the ethnic complexion of employees at the workplace. Instead, the wage penalty is attached to the percentage of non …-white employees, a finding that is consistent with employer discrimination on grounds of race, or lower worker bargaining power when …
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An important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap is the way the labor market … individual labor market outcomes and the way attractiveness affects gender wage differentials. Further research is needed on the … transmission and the effect this has on the gender wage gap. …
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This paper examines gender differences in perceptions of the fairness of one's own pay. Theoretically, we draw on two … paradox"), and on perceived discrimination among ethnic minorities ("integration paradox"). Empirically, we depart from … previous studies by not simply assessing whether women are as likely as men to perceive their pay as unfair. Instead, we use an …
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discrimination if orientation is not observable. Analogously, behavioural explanations of pay based on models of gender linked within …Studies of the relationship between sexual orientation and pay have faced difficulties applying standard models of …-household specialization may not be as relevant in a nonheterosexual context. This article analyses pay gaps using information including …
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discrimination if orientation is not observable. Analogously, behavioural explanations of pay based on models of gender linked within …Studies of the relationship between sexual orientation and pay have faced difficulties applying standard models of …-household specialization may not be as relevant in a nonheterosexual context. This article analyses pay gaps using information including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581546
has been followed by studies of gender pay differentials amongst academics working in the humanities (US), economics (UK … and US) and the sciences (US). This paper provides the first detailed study of gender pay differentials amongst scientists … scientists) with those working in Research Institutes (research scientists). We find that there is a gender pay differential of …
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identify the wage returns to working for free by exploiting exogenous variation in rainfall across local area districts in …
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(often) less effective negotiators than men. We use longitudinal wage data from Portugal, matched to balance sheet … bargaining strength on the male-female wage gap. We show that a model with additive fixed effects for workers and gender …-specific fixed effects for firms provides a close approximation to the wage structure for both men and women. Building on this model …
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