Is the gender pay gap in the us just the result of gender segregation at work?

Francesco Pastore and Allan Webster ()
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Allan Webster: Bournemouth University, Executive Business Centre

No BAFES08, BAFES Working Papers from Department of Accounting, Finance & Economic, Bournemouth University

Abstract: This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation is significantly greater than previously supposed. This creates problems of sample selection bias, of non-comparability between male and female employment. To address these problems the study uses a matching approach, which we also extend to a more recent methodological version with a yet stronger statistical foundation – Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA). To secure even better comparability we repeat the matching analysis for a small number of industries and occupations, each of which employed similar numbers of men and women. The findings for the full sample are replicated at the level of industry and occupation, where comparability is more reliable. Even when important “control†variables such as education, part-time working or region are taken into account, a significant gender wage gap remains.

Keywords: gender; wages; segregation; matching; US; non-comparability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2017-02
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