Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34046 
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorBlau, Francine D.en
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Lawrence M.en
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-14-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:54:08Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:54:08Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34046-
dc.description.abstractUsing Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data, we study the slowdown in the convergence of female and male wages in the 1990s compared to the 1980s. We find that changes in human capital did not contribute to the slowdown, since women's relative human capital improved comparably in the two decades. Occupational upgrading and deunionization had a larger positive effect on women's relative wages in the 1980s, explaining a portion of the slower 1990s convergence. However, the largest factor was that the unexplained gender wage gap fell much faster in the 1980s than the 1990s. Our evidence suggests that changes in labor force selectivity, changes in gender differences in unmeasured characteristics and in labor market discrimination, as well as changes in the favorableness of demand shifts each may have contributed to the slowing convergence of the unexplained gender pay gap.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x2176en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordgender pay gapen
dc.subject.keywordwage differentialsen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleThe US gender pay gap in the 1990s: slowing convergence-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn51436131Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Files in This Item:
File
Size
269.29 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.