Beneath the surface: The decline in gender injury gap

Tiziano Razzolini (), Roberto Leombruni, Giovanni Mastrobuoni () and Mario Pagliero

Labour Economics, 2014, vol. 30, issue C, 282-288

Abstract: Gender differences in the labor market are typically measured by the wage gap. In this paper, we investigate how extending the analysis to an additional job amenity, namely workplace safety, may shed new light on the evolution of gender differences. Our results show that focusing on one unique measure of the gender gap may provide a biased view of the actual progress of women in the labor market. In our data, a significant reduction in the wage gap has been accompanied by a relative increase in injury risk for some groups of workers, e.g. low-skilled female workers. The decreased gender wage gap for these workers does not necessarily imply an overall improvement in their labor market outcomes.

Keywords: Gender gap; Workplace injury; Job amenities; Wage differentials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J28 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Beneath the Surface: The Decline in Gender Injury Gap (2013)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.04.007

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