Wages, Experience and Training of Women over the Lifecycle

Richard Blundell (), David Goll (), Monica Costa Dias and Costas Meghir
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David Goll: University College London

No 12310, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and using reforms as a source of exogenous variation we evaluate the role of formal training and experience in defining the evolution of wages and employment careers, conditional on education. Training is potentially important in compensating for the effects of children, especially for women who left education after completing high school.

Keywords: human capital; training; gender wage gap; labor supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74 pages
Date: 2019-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur and nep-gen
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Published - published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (S1), S275–S315

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Journal Article: Wages, Experience, and Training of Women over the Life Cycle (2021)
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