Wage Determination with Special Reference to Role in a Family

Lenka Filipová () and Zuzana Machova ()

Review of Economic Perspectives, 2011, vol. 11, issue 1, 37-56

Abstract: The paper has arisen as a part of the project dealing with the questions of measuring of wage determinants and wage discrimination on the basis of different subjective requirements of women and men on their wages. Using the ordered-response model (Ordered Probit), it analysed wage determination on the basis of Mincer's Wage Regression including dummies for role in a family. The analysis was carried out with the total sample of respondents and subsequently separately for men and women. The data were gained from a questionnaire survey carried out in Ostrava city, Czech Republic. In general, the analysis did not prove previous conclusions of theories or empirical studies about prevailing influence of family characteristics on the wage rate. Nevertheless, it proved statistically significant differences in the wage determination between men and women, and showed that in the case of men, some family characteristics may have been important for determining the wages.

Keywords: Human Capital; Role in a Family; Wage Determinants; Wage Discrimination; Human Capital; Role in a Family; Wage Determinants; Wage Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2478/v10135-011-0006-y

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