The Gender Reservation Wage Gap: Evidence form British Panel Data

Sarah Brown (), Jennifer Roberts and Karl Taylor

No 5457, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Our findings suggest the existence of a gender reservation wage gap. The presence of children, particularly pre-school age children, plays an important role in determining the proportion of this gap that can be explained by individual characteristics. For individuals without children, the unexplained component of the differential is 99% compared to only 22% for those with pre-school age children, which might indicate that perceived discrimination in the labour market influences the reservation wage setting of females.

Keywords: reservation wages; wage decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J24 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2011-01
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2011, 113 (1), 88-91

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