Male-Female Differences in the Low-Wage Labor Market

Jane Waldfogel and Susan Mayer

No 9904, Working Papers from Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Abstract: In recent years, women have made considerable gains relative to men in the labor market. Most notably, the gender gap in hourly wages has narrowed substantially. In this paper we divide workers into three skill groups on the basis of education, and analyze how the hourly earnings of women in each group have progressed relative to those of comparably educated men, the reasons for those gains, and their implications for women's economic well-being.

Keywords: pay parity; gender inequality; labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-03
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