Swimming with the Tide: Solidary Wage Policy and the Gender Earnings Gap

Per-Anders Edin and Katarina Richardson

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2002, vol. 104, issue 1, 49-67

Abstract: This paper addresses the consequences of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the period 1968–1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women's wages have varied over time and have been partly counteracting. Changes in industry wage differentials have systematically worked against women, while changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender wage gap. Changes in the wage structure were particularly important between 1968 and 1974 when there was a dramatic reduction in overall wage inequality. JEL classification: J16; J31; J51

Date: 2002
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Working Paper: Swimming with the tide: solidarity wage policy and the gender earnings gap (1999)
Working Paper: Swimming With the Tide: Solidarity Wage Policy and the Gender Earnings Gap (1999)
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