We propose a measure of the industrial gender wage gap which is free from an identification problem by using inter … measuring industrial gender wage gaps. …

An intuitively appealing method for estimating gender wage gaps by industry is shown to yield estimates that vary … status. This study uses data from the Current Population Surveys to explore alternative methods for estimating gender wage …

We propose a competitive general equilibrium theory of gender discrimination in labor market where male and female …

A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries …

Using data on Executive Compensation from Standard and Poor's ExecuComp, this paper explores the gender gap in top … narrowing of the uncorrected gender pay gap from the mid-1990s. Women top executives earn between 8% to 25% less than male … executives after controlling for differences in company size, occupational title, and industry. The magnitude of the gender pay …

transition the gender gap in wages has remained relatively stable, a striking outcome considering that there has been a large … analysis is not that women's education level and occupation have a positive or negative effect on the gender pay gap. The main … finding is that, the biggest parts of the gender pay gap remains, and it therefore remains technically unexplained. The …

This paper explores the consequences of the under-representation of women in top jobs for the overall gender pay gap … analysis of earnings inequality in top incomes, as well as reweighting techniques, to the analysis of the gender pay gap. The … accounting for differential progress in the gender pay gap across time periods and a growing share of the gap unexplained by …

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 …

The increasing number of women chief executives motivates considerable interest in examining possible gender … than male CEOs, which runs counter to common wisdom that the gender pay gap in the labor market favors men over women. With … gender differences in CEO compensation by extending the analyses further in time, using a larger sample of firms and more …