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Family, firms and the gender wage gap in France

Coudin, Elise; Maillard, Sophie; Tô, Maxime - 2018

In France, in 2014, women's hourly wages were on average 14.4 % lower than men's. Beyond differentials in observed characteristics, is this gap explained by segregation of women in low-wage firms, or by gender inequality within a given firm? To answer that question, we apply the approach of...

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Social networks, promotions, and the glass-ceiling effect

Neugart, Michael; Zaharieva, Anna - 2018

Empirical studies show that female workers are under-represented in highest hierarchical positions of companies, which is known as the glass-ceiling effect. In this study we investigate the relationship between social networks and the glass-ceiling effect. Specifically, we develop an equilibrium...

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The supply side of discrimination: Evidence from the labor supply of Boston taxi drivers

Jackson, Osborne - 2018

This paper investigates supply-side discrimination in the labor market for Boston taxi drivers. Using data on millions … drivers discriminate and find that this discrimination is primarily statistical rather than taste-based. As drivers gain … experience and learn to better anticipate wage variation, discrimination decreases. …

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Earning differentials by occupational categories: Gender, race and regions

de Albuquerque e Arraes, Ronaldo; Souza Menezes, … - In: EconomiA 15 (2014) 3, pp. 363-386

compensation characteristics of individuals only (discrimination), income differentials between regions and races also occur from …

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Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel : Endowments, Discrimination, and Selectivity

Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2004

occupations. Wage differences are then examined and decomposed into 3 components: Endowments (human capital), discrimination and …

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Comparing Apples with Oranges : Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in an International Perspective

Plasman, Robert; Sissoko, Salimata - 2004

discrimination influencing female occupational and industrial distributions. We find significant impacts of those latter factors on …

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How different are wages from wage potentials? : Analyzing the earnings disadvantage of immigrants in Germany

Lang, Günter - 2004

and immigrants relative to the frontier, the wage discrimination hypothesis is rejected. Actually, human capital …

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The smoking wage penality in the United Kingdom: regression and matching evidence from the British household survey panel

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

penalty to either lower productivity of smokers, be it health related or not, or discrimination. Matching results suggest that …

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Size matters!: body height and labor market discrimination : a cross-European analysis

Cinnirella, Francesco; Winter, Joachim - 2009

explanations for the height-wage premium. Another possible mechanism, employer discrimination, has found little support. In this … paper, we provide some evidence in favor of the discrimination hypothesis. Using a cross section of 13 countries, we show … interpret this result as evidence of employer discrimination in favor of taller workers. Our results are consistent with the …

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Importing equality or exporting jobs? Competition and gender wage and employment differentials in US manufacturing

Kongar, Ebru - 2006

This study investigates the impact of increased import competition on gender wage and employment differentials in U.S. manufacturing over the period from 1976 to 1993. Increased import competition is expected to decrease the relative demand for workers in low-wage production occupations and the...

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