Gender Wage Gap and Sorting over Life Cycle

Katarina Borovickova
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Katarina Borovickova: New York University

No 140, 2018 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: The goal of this project is to understand whether differences in sorting patterns over life cycle documented in Borovickova and Shimer (2017) can help us understand the gender wage gap. I study a structural model of life cycle sorting and quantitatively evaluate the contribution of sorting differences to the gender wage gap. When wages are supermodular in worker and firm types, a gender wage gap emerges between better-sorted men and less-well sorted women. Structurally estimating the model will allow me to study a variety of labor market policies, including family leave and provision of childcare services.

Date: 2018
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