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Sex Discrimination in the Reward for Skills and Experience in the Australian Labour Force

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Human capital equations are estimated for males and females in Australia, which express earnings as the product of endowments and the return on these endowments. The results are used to examine the effect of discrimination on the difference in the average earnings. The effect of occupational segregation on the earnings of women is also examined.

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  • B. D. Haig, 1982. "Sex Discrimination in the Reward for Skills and Experience in the Australian Labour Force," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 58(1), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:58:y:1982:i:1:p:1-10
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1982.tb00344.x
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    3. Hojman, David E., 1984. "Downward bias in a new measure of wage discrimination," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 87-91.
    4. Francis Vella, 1993. "Gender Roles, Occupational Choice and Gender Wage Differential," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 69(4), pages 382-392, December.
    5. Susan J. Smith, 1990. "Income, Housing Wealth and Gender Inequality," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 27(1), pages 67-88, February.
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    7. Sarah Rummery, 1992. "The Contribution of Intermittent Labour Force Participation to the Gender Wage Differential," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 68(4), pages 351-364, December.
    8. P.W. Miller & S. Rummery, 1989. "Gender Wage Discrimination in Australia: A reassessment," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 89-21, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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