The Effects of College Education on the Male-Female Wage Differential

1992 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong ◽  
Rudy Fichtenbaum ◽  
Gregory Willis
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differential ◽  
College Education ◽  
Female Wage

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF GENDER WAGE DIFFERENTIAL IN CHINA’S URBAN LABOR MARKET

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (02) ◽  
pp. 423-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALMAS HESHMATI ◽  
BIWEI SU
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Wage Differential ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Female Wage ◽  
Urban Labor ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation ◽  
Urban Labor Market

This paper estimates the gender wage gap and its composition in China’s urban labor market. The traditional Blinder–Oaxaca (1973) decomposition method with different weighing systems is employed. To correct for potential selection bias caused by women’s labor force participation, we employ the Heckman’s two-step procedure to estimate the female wage function. A large proportion of the gender wage gap is unexplained by differences of productive characteristics of individuals. Even though women have higher level of education attainments on average, they receive lower wages than men. Both facts suggest a potential discrimination against women in China.

scholarly journals Wage Differentials Between Native and Foreign Born Canadians

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. B. Tandon ◽  
K. K. Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Wage Differential ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Local Labor Market ◽  
Female Wage

The intent of this paper is to estimate the extent of male-female wage differential in a local labor market among the Native born and Foreign born Canadians

Economic Theories and Empirics on the Sex Market

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Handie Peng
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differential ◽  
Marriage Market ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Sex Worker ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
The Third ◽  
Female Wage ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Lower Wage ◽  
Sex Market

This article presents a number of testable predictions from Edlund and Korn’s (2002) theoretical model. In their seminal study, Edlund and Korn propose a model that sees prostitution as an alternative to marriage. According to the them, women can only choose between marriage and prostitution, and “prostitution is low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid.” Because prostitution has such an unusual combination of attributes, traditional labor theories might not be able to explain the wage differential of this profession. The Edlund and Korn (EK) model offers “a marriage market explanation to this puzzle.” The critical assumption is that prostitutes need to be compensated for the forgone marriage market opportunities. This chapter tests three unique predictions from the EK model: (1) that there exists a wage differential for the sex worker, (2) that prostitution falls with female wage and male income, and (3) that foreign prostitutes should have a lower wage, ceteris paribus. These predictions are examined using two new datasets of Internet-mediated prostitution. The chapter finds evidence for the first two predictions but not for the third.

scholarly journals Gender wage differentials and occupational distribution

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Vale Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Wage Differential ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Occupational Distribution ◽  
Female Wage ◽  
Portuguese Economy ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
The Portuguese Economy ◽  
Gender Wage Differentials

The study analyzes the role of occupational distribution in explaining the male-female wage gap in the Portuguese economy. The objective is to investigate to what extent gender wage disparities can be explained by occupational segregation. Relying on data from the personnel records for the period 1986-2004, this study uses the Brown, Moon, and Zoloth (1989) wage differential decomposition method to conduct the empirical analysis. The main findings reveal that occupational gender segregation is not a major contributor to the male-female wage gap and that within occupational wage effects play a prominent role in determining the overall differential. Additionally, the results indicate that a substantial portion of wage differentials within occupations potentially stems from wage discrimination.

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