Hollywood’s Wage Structure and Discrimination

Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez () and María Navarro Paniagua ()

No 152465718, Working Papers from Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department

Abstract: The labour market for actors remains mostly unexplored. In this paper, we start by analysing how Hollywood wages have changed over time. We then proceed to examine the determinants of wages. One of our key findings is that there are substantial wage differences among male and female actors in Hollywood. A Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition suggests that 45% of the differences in the gender-wage gap can be attributed to discrimination.

Keywords: Gender wage gap; discrimination; Superstars; Actors/Hollywood; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J31 J71 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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