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international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a metaanalysis of existing studies. The findings show that … both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap …
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We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential … these two countries: subject of degree explains about 2-4 percent higher wages of male over female graduates after …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …
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This paper aims to analyze the hourly gender wage gap between men and women in Mexico for the period 2005-2020. To this … male workers earn higher hourly wages than female workers at low income levels. However, differentials decrease in the …
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' hiring and pay-setting policies on the gender earnings gap in Canada. Consistent with the existing literature and following … proportion of women hired at high-wage firms, or sorting - and pay-setting policies - due to differences in pay by gender within …
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driving the gender wage gap, in particular compensating wage differentials. These results inform an analysis of sex pay … significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …
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role played by the family for individual wages. We present a simple model of dual-earner households facing a trade … considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. …
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The gender wage gap has declined in magnitude over time; however, the gap that remains is largely unexplained due to … gender convergence in key wage determining characteristics. In this paper we show that the degree of gender convergence … can still explain a relatively large proportion of the wage gap. We investigate whether gender differences relating to job …
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This paper analyzes the effect of selection on ability on the evolution of the gender wage gap during the first years ….6 percentage point higher than their high-ability female counterparts. This contributed to the increase in the conditional gender … conditional gender wage gap between ages 21 and 36. …
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This paper investigates the evolution of the gender wage gap in South Africa, using the 1993-2015 Post-Apartheid Labour …-paying industries However, the median gender wage gap is substantial at 23-35 per cent. This is unexplained by differences in human …
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groups. Mean differences in hourly wages by gender contribute little to measured wage inequality when individuals are … gender wage inequality for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women across single, multiracial and ethnic identity …
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