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Title: Employer-Sponsored Training, Union Status, and the Wage Rates of Young Women
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Hills, Stephen M. Leigh, Duane E. |
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Employer-Sponsored Training, Union Status, and the Wage Rates of Young Women Presented: Vancouver, B.C., Meetings of the Western Economic Association, 1987 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Western Economic Association International Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Job Training; Racial Differences; Training; Unions; Wage Rates; Wages, Young Women Using data from the NLSY, this study tests to see if the difference in wage rates for unionized and non-unionized young women is, in part, due to additional training which women may receive in unionized jobs. Results show that in the first few years of their working lives, the company training that non-college bound women receive has little impact on the wage rates they earn. Thus training does not play a role in explaining the sizeable union/non-union difference in wages. In fact, few of the human capital variables have the impact expected on young women's wage rates. Results for young women are contrasted with results for young men and questions are raised regarding the early choices that women can be expected to make in the labor market. |
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Hills, Stephen M. and Duane E. Leigh. "Employer-Sponsored Training, Union Status, and the Wage Rates of Young Women." Presented: Vancouver, B.C., Meetings of the Western Economic Association, 1987. |