WAGES AND GENDER COMPOSITION - WHY DO WOMENS JOBS PAY LESS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: MACPHERSON, DA; HIRSCH, BT
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298381
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 426-471
• 关键词: comparable worth; Compensating differentials; sex segregation; gap; earnings; decline

摘要

Occupational sex segregation and its relationship with wages during 1973-93 are examined. Wage level and wage change models are estimated using Current Population Survey data matched with measures of occupational skills and job disamenities. Standard analysis confirms that wage levels are substantially lower in predominantly female occupations, Gender composition effects are reduced by about a quarter for women and by over one-half for men following control for skill-related occupational characteristics. Longitudinal analysis indicates that two-thirds or more of the standard gender composition effect is accounted for by occupational characteristics and unmeasured worker skill or taste differences.