The impact of occupational feminization on the gender wage gap and estimates of wage discrimination

Dominica Bartnik, Paul Edward Gabriel and Susanne Schmitz

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 17, 1605-1609

Abstract: This study assesses the male-female wage gap across occupational categories ranked by gender density using data from the U.S. Current Population Survey. Our empirical findings suggest a consistent relationship between occupational feminization and the gender wage gap: female-dominated occupations have the lowest average earnings for men and women, whereas male-dominated occupations have the lowest gender wage gap. Gender-neutral occupations have the highest male and female wages, the largest gender wage gap, and the lowest estimated levels of wage discrimination.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1949429

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