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How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed

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dc.creator Polachek, Solomon W.
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:04Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:04Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20337
dc.identifier ppn:384783759
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20337
dc.description This paper explores secular changes in women?s pay relative to men?s pay. It shows how the human capital model predicts a smaller gender wage gap as male-female lifetime work expectations become more similar. The model explains why relative female wages rose almost unabated from 1890 to the early-1990s in the United States (with the exception of about 1940-1980), and why this relative wage growth tapered off since 1993. In addition to the US, the paper presents evidence from nine other countries using data gleaned from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS).
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1102
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J3
dc.subject J2
dc.subject J7
dc.subject J1
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject gender
dc.subject wages
dc.subject human capital
dc.subject secular trends
dc.subject Ernährung
dc.subject Haushaltseinkommen
dc.subject Verbraucherausgaben
dc.subject Unterernährung
dc.subject Wirtschaftskrise
dc.subject Russland
dc.title How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper
dc.coverage 1996-2000


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