An investigation of the relationship between job characteristics and the gender wage gap


Autoria(s): Garcia Villar, Jaume; Hernández, Pedro J.; López-Nicolás, Ángel
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

This paper re-examines gender wage differences, taking into account notonly worker characteristics but also job characteristics. Considerationof a wide set of job quality indicators can explain a fraction of thewage gap that would otherwise be attributed to pure wage discrimination.In any case, the fraction of the wage gap that remains associated todifferential rewards for identical factors across sexes is stillsubstantial. Our results suggest that in order to avoid overestimationof the fraction of the wage gap attributable to discrimination, it isnecessary to control for job characteristics.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10230/474

Idioma(s)

eng

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Palavras-Chave #Labour, Public, Development and Health Economics #wage diferentials
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