The gender reservation wage gap: Evidence from British Panel data

Sarah Brown (), Jennifer Roberts and Karl Taylor

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 113, issue 1, 88-91

Abstract: Our findings suggest the existence of a gender reservation wage gap. The presence of children, particularly pre-school age children, plays an important role in determining the proportion of this gap that can be explained by individual characteristics.

Keywords: Reservation; wages; Gender; Wage; decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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