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Title: The Trend in the Male-Female Wage Gap in the United States
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O'Neill, June E. |
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The Trend in the Male-Female Wage Gap in the United States Journal of Labor Economics 3,1 (January 1985): S91-S116. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2534999 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Labor Force Participation; Skills; Wage Differentials; Wage Gap; Wages, Men; Wages, Women; Women; Work Experience This paper examines the extent to which changes in the characteristics of men and women in the labor force account for the continuing sex differential in wages. Utilizing data from the NLS of Young Women and Mature Women, it was found that: (1) changes in skill level (measured by a decline in women's average years of schooling) and an increase in both job tenure and overall work experience underlie observed patterns of change in the pay gap; (2) high levels of unemployment coupled with the depression of wages of less experienced workers work to widen the hourly pay gap; and (3) changes over time in the wage gap differ by age and race. |
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O'Neill, June E. "The Trend in the Male-Female Wage Gap in the United States." Journal of Labor Economics 3,1 (January 1985): S91-S116.
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