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The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential

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dc.creator Weichselbaumer, Doris
dc.creator Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:27Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:27Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20067
dc.identifier ppn:367379341
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20067
dc.description This paper evaluates the impact of economic and legal variables on wage differentials between men and women. Since Becker (1957) economists have argued that competitive markets eliminate discrimination in the long run. On the other hand, practically all countries have enacted some sort of law mandating equal treatment of men and women. This paper uses a new international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a metaanalysis of existing studies. The findings show that both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 822
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J71
dc.subject J31
dc.subject J16
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject gender wage gap
dc.subject competition
dc.subject equal treatment law
dc.subject Lohndifferenzierung
dc.subject Geschlecht
dc.subject Frauenpolitik
dc.subject Wettbewerb
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Welt
dc.title The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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