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individual wages. For this purpose hypotheses are formulated as to what drives this impact: sex-specific preferences, lower …-employee data from Germany. My results indicate that an increasing proportion of women in an establishment reduces wages for males … the salaries paid to both sexes. -- Gender wage differentials ; female segregation across establishments ; matched …
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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 …
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lower wages. Using pooled data from the American Community Survey, the results indicate that 10% of the gender pay gap among …This paper studies to what extent gender differences in commuting patterns explain the observed disparities between … husband and wife in relation to earnings and wages. It is argued that the cost of commuting is higher for women because they …
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This paper studies the impact of exam luck on individuals’ education and labor market success. We leverage unique features of the Norwegian education system that produce random variation in the content of the exams taken by students at the end of high school. Lucky students take exams in...
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We study the gender pay gap in the labor market for CEOs by analysing 1,174 outsider CEO successions over the past … marked gender differences in the pay structure: namely, women CEOs receive a lower proportion of fixed to total compensation …. The model also suggests that a more balanced gender composition in companies' boards can help women close the gap in pay …
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. In this paper we analyse whether this gender bias in the evaluation of fair wages still persists and whether the …Previous research has shown that gender pay gaps are perceived as fair or justified, not only by men but also by women … organizational context has an impact on fairness perceptions. We use unique data from a vignette study that was part of a …
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If enacted as a law, the Fair Calculations Act would require forensic economists to ignore an injured party's gender … some of the issues that would arise if the law is enacted. Of particular interest is the extent to which gender … to sex-differences in preferences. We present evidence that gender differences in human capital characteristics explain a …
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Labor market opportunities and wages may be unfair for various reasons, and how workers respond to different types of … piece-rate wage, we investigate the causal effect of neutral and gender-discriminatory unfair chances on labor supply. We …, unfair based on an unspecified source, or unfair based on gender discrimination. Unequal pay reduces labor supply of low …
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Labor market opportunities and wages may be unfair for various reasons, and how workers respond to different types of … piece-rate wage, we investigate the causal effect of neutral and gender-discriminatory unfair chances on labor supply. We …, unfair based on an unspecified source, or unfair based on gender discrimination. Unequal pay reduces labor supply of low …
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provinces of origin. We find no systemic differences by province of origin in the hourly wages of male and female migrants …
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