Why do women's wages increase so slowly throughout their career? A dynamic model of statistical discrimination

Nathalie Havet () and Catherine Sofer ()

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explain the growing wage differentials between men and womenduring their working careers. We provide a dynamic model of statistical discrimination, whichintegrates specific human capital decisions: on-the-job training investment and wages areendogenously determined. We reveal a small wage differential at the beginning of women'scareer, followed by a larger wage differential; this is partly due to a lower level of human capitalinvestment by women and partly because firms smooth training costs between different periods.

Keywords: specific human capital; Statistical discrimination; careers; male/female differentials; gender wage gap; specific human capital.; discrimination statistique; différences hommes/femmes; écart de salaire; capital humain spécifique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-10
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