Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305719 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17277
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper explores the relationship between gender wage gaps and women's overall health. Using data from the 2011-2019 Current Population Survey, we employ entropy balancing to create comparable samples of men and women and estimate wage gaps for full-time employed working-age women. Adjusting for individual, occupation, and industry characteristics, we estimate the association between wage gaps and self-rated health. Our results suggest that closing the wage gap results in a 1.2 percent reduction in women reporting poor or fair health, equivalent to nearly 170,000 fewer women. These effects are more pronounced for women with below-median wages or in male-dominated jobs.
Subjects: 
wage gap
health
women
JEL: 
F02
F34
F41
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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