Differences in positions along a hierarchy: Counterfactuals based on an assignment model

Laurent Gobillon, Dominique Meurs and Sébastien Roux ()

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Abstract: We propose an assignment model in which positions along a hierarchy are attributed to individuals depending on their characteristics. Our theoretical framework can be used to study differences in assignment and pay-offs across groups and we show it can motivate decomposition and counterfactual exercises. In an application, we study gender wage disparities in the public and private sectors with a French dataset. The gender wage gap in the public sector is 13.3 % and it increases by only 0.7 percentage points when workers are assigned to job positions according to the rules of the private sector.

Keywords: assignment; distributions; counterfactuals; wages; gender; public sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 J31 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Working Paper: Differences in Positions along a Hierarchy: Counterfactuals Based on an Assignment Model (2017)
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