Interindustry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap

ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Fields ◽  
Edward N. Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap

Interindustry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap

ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Fields ◽  
Edward N. Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Population Survey ◽  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Female Worker ◽  
Industry Effects ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Using Data

Using data from the March 1988 Current Population Survey, the authors find that the wages of female workers differ significantly by industry, even when the analysis controls for workers' productivity-related characteristics. Although these interindustry wage differentials are at least as large as men's and are highly correlated with them as well, there are statistically significant differences between the two. Of the overall gender wage gap (the average female worker earns about 65% as much as the average male worker), 12–22% can be explained by differences between the patterns of interindustry wage differentials of men and women and 15–19% by differences in the distribution of male and female workers across industries. Thus, the combined industry effects explain about one-third of the overall gender wage gap.

scholarly journals The Gender Wage Gap in Switzerland over Time

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flurina Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Occupational Segregation ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Gender Wage Differentials ◽  
Over Time

Abstracts This article analyzes the gender wage gap in Switzerland, using data from the Swiss Household Panel. The results show that women in Switzerland earn still less than men with the same endowments. One of the main reasons for this gap is occupational segregation: women and men working in femaledominated occupations have lower wages than those in integrated and male-dominated occupations. In order to have equally distributed job categories, 40% of the male or female employees would need to change jobs. But the “preferences” for jobs between genders seem to have been frozen for decades. The gender wage gap is particularly large within part-time employees working below 50%. Younger cohorts, however, seem less exposed to gender wage differentials.

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: An Identification Problem

ILR Review ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 611 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Horrace ◽  
Ronald L. Oaxaca
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Identification Problem

scholarly journals Do Male-Female Wage Differentials Reflect Differences in the Return to Skill? Cross-City Evidence from 1980–2000

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Beaudry ◽  
Ethan Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Returns To Education ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Return To Education ◽  
Wage Gaps ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
The Us ◽  
Female Wage

Male-female wage gaps declined significantly over the 1980s and 1990s, while returns to education increased. In this paper, we use cross-city data to explore whether, like the return to education, the change in the gender wage gap may reflect changes in skill prices induced by the diffusion of information technology. We show that male-female and education-wage differentials moved in opposite directions in response to the adoption of PCs. Our most credible estimates imply that changes in skill prices driven by PC adoption can explain most of the decline in the US male-female wage gap since 1980. (JEL J15, J24, J31, J71, O33, R23)

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: An Identification Problem

ILR Review ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Horrace ◽  
Ronald L. Oaxaca
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Identification Problem

The Impact of a Sustained Gender Wage Gap on the Australian Economy

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Cassells ◽  
Yogi Vidyattama ◽  
Riyana Miranti ◽  
Justine McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Australian Economy ◽  
The Impact
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