so far separate strands of literature, on women's alleged greater tolerance for lower wages ("contented female worker … previous studies by not simply assessing whether women are as likely as men to perceive their pay as unfair. Instead, we use an …-related characteristics. Overall, women are as likely as men to perceive a fair wage as unfair - or an unfair wage as fair. However …

Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be … because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at …. Using matched employer-employee data from 2013-14, the paper finds that the women-don't-ask account is incorrect. Once an …

This paper analyzes the consequences of the spacing of births for women's subsequent labor income and wages. Spacing … births in longer intervals may allow women to re-enter the labor market between childbearing events, thereby avoiding …

This paper studies the causal effect of the timing of first birth on highly educated women's career outcomes using … effects might partly be explained by child spacing; motherhood delay induces women to have the second child more closely …

statistical purposes. This article uses CWHS data to examine trends in women's real wage-and-salary earnings from 1981 through … 2015. It first describes broad trends for all women aged 25–59. Then it describes the trends over that same span for women … birth cohort. A series of charts shows how women's real wages changed over time both across age groups and across birth …

statistical purposes. This article uses CWHS data to examine trends in women's real wage and salary earnings from 1981 through … 2015. It first describes broad trends for all women aged 25–59. Then it describes the trends over that same span for women … birth cohort. A series of charts shows how women's real annual wages changed across age groups and birth cohorts within each …

Hispanic women earn higher hourly wages than white women with similar observable characteristics. This estimated wage premium … women live in locations (e.g., cities) with higher costs of living than whites. After we account for cost of living, the … estimated Hispanic-white wage differential for non-immigrant women falls by approximately two-thirds. As a result, we find no …

closes because women's wages rise with the share female managers in the workplace while men's wages fall. Panel and … proposition that women are more likely to be paid equitably when managers have discretion in the way they reward performance and … those managers are women. These findings suggest a stronger presence of women in managerial positions can help tackle the …

offices where all supervisors are women, the wage gap in favor of men disappears and becomes 3.2% in favor of women due to a 7 …

closes because women's wages rise with the share female managers in the workplace while men's wages fall. Panel and … proposition that women are more likely to be paid equitably when managers have discretion in the way they reward performance and … those managers are women. These findings suggest a stronger presence of women in managerial positions can help tackle the …