Gender Choice at Work

Enriqueta Aragonès

No 1460, Working Papers from Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyzes the demand based causes of gender discrimination in the labor market and it aims to explain the currently existing gender gaps in terms of labor market participation and lab or income. I propose a formal model to analyze the gender discrimination that individuals face at work due to statistical discrimination and taste-based discrimination. I study the effects of discrimination on the lab or market participation, income, and utility distributions and compare these effects between the female and male sectors of the society. I show that the conditions that dissipate the gender gaps are also good to improve efficiency. However, in order to reach a ï¬ rst best it is necessary to eliminate all kinds of gender related idiosyncratic preferences that are based on stereotypes and conscious and unconscious biases.

Keywords: active labor market policies; statistical discrimination; taste-based discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-09
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