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Convergence in the Gender Wage Gap in Australia over the 1980s: Identifying the Role of Counteracting Forces via the Juhn, Murphy and Pierce Decomposition

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Kidd, M.P.
Shannon, M.

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The current paper investigates whether rising inequality and changes in returns to skills can explain the pattern of wage convergence over the 1980s in Australia or whether other explanations for the observed 'slow down'in female relative wage progress should be sought.

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Paper provided by Tasmania - Department of Economics in its series Papers with number 1996-10.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:fth:tasman:1996-10

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Keywords: WOMEN; WAGES; LABOUR MARKET;

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J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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