 New Evidence on Gender Pay Differentials: Does Measurement Matter?Marie Drolet Canadian Public Policy, 2002, vol. 28, issue 1, 1-16 Abstract: Data from the 1997 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics are used to investigate the extent to which factors not previously explored in the Canadian context account for wage differences between men and women. Women's average hourly wage rate is about 82 percent - 89.5 percent of the men's average after controlling for a variety of productivity-related characteristics. Using standard decomposition techniques, gender differences in actual work experience explain 12 percent, differences in major field of study justify 5 percent and differences in job responsibility account for about 6 percent of the gender wage gap. Proxy measures for experience overstate women's labour-market experience and explain virtually none of the gender earnings differential. Despite the long list of productivity-related factors used in this study, a substantial portion of the gender wage gap cannot be explained. Date: 2002 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cpp:issued:v:28:y:2002:i:1:p:1-16 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Canadian Public Policy is currently edited by Prof. Mike Veall More articles in Canadian Public Policy from University of Toronto Press University of Toronto Press Journals Division 5201 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T8. |
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