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Gallardo, Lourdes; Ñopo, Hugo - 2009

Returns to labor for workers with similar endowments of productive characteristics in Ecuador are influenced by two characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps due to both characteristics in Ecuador for...

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The gender wage gap : extent, trends, and explanations

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2016

Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, which declined considerably over this period. By 2010, conventional human capital variables taken together explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender...

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Effects of sexual preferences on earnings in the Netherlands

Plug, Erik J. S.; Berkhout, Peter - 2001

A small literature suggests that bisexual and homosexual workers earn less than their heterosexual fellow workers and that a discriminating labor market is partly to blame. In this paper we examine whether sexual preferences affect earnings in the beginning of working careers in the Netherlands....

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Recent trends in occupational segregation by gender : a look across the Atlantic

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2002

In this paper, we analyse the recent patterns of occupational segregation by gender in the EU countries vis-à-vis the …, hoping to uncover convergence trends by examining whether the EU-Us differentials in gender occupational segregation decline … across age cohorts. The main findings of our study are: (i) gender segregation has been declining across age cohorts in the …

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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap : despite major efforts at equal pay legislation, gender pay inequality still exists in the developed economies : how can this be put...

Polachek, Solomon W. - 2014

Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 22% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 21% and 17% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 17%. Interestingly, the...

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The levelling effect of product market competition on gender wage discrimination

Hirsch, Boris; Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-14

Using linked employer-employee panel data for West Germany that include direct information on the competition faced by …

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New evidence on the gender wage gap in Indonesia

Taniguchi, Kiyoshi; Tuwo, Alika - 2014

Indonesia has been experiencing impressive economic growth and rapid urbanization in recent years. However, urbanization could affect income inequality through people's movement from rural to urban areas. Using the 2010 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) in Indonesia, this study examines how...

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The glass ceiling in politics : formalization and empirical tests

Folke, Olle; Rickne, Johanna - 2014

There is a scarcity of women and minorities at the apex of political power. This paper formalizes the concept of the glass ceiling for political organizations and builds on previous research to suggest four testable criteria. A glass ceiling exists if women and/or racial minorities (1) are...

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Wage ceilings and floors : the gender gap in Ukraine's transition

Ganguli, Ina (contributor); … - 2005

This paper uses new micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) to examine the gender gaps across the distribution of wages in Ukraine during communism (1986), the start of transition (1991), and after Ukraine started to be considered a market economy (2003). We find that...

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Institutions, markets and men's and women's wage inequality : evidence from Ukraine

Ganguli, Ina (contributor); … - 2005

Ukraine, the second largest country in the former Soviet bloc, is facing the challenge of rallying popular support for major structural reforms. As in most developing economies, the "Orange Revolution" government's success will depend on its ability to keep income distribution within an...

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