Task returns and the gender pay gap

Eduard Storm

No 1037, Ruhr Economic Papers from RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen

Abstract: Using worker-level task data, I explore if women's perceived comparative advantages in interactive tasks can contribute to a reduction in the gender pay gap. I find women receive lower returns to interactive tasks, even within occupations, despite increasing female employment shares in interactive-intensive occupations. Perceived comparative advantages in interactive tasks thus do not appear to pay off financially.

Keywords: Gender pay gap; task returns; job hierarchies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J21 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.4419/96973206

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