Nathalie Havet () (GATE - Groupe d'analyse et de théorie économique - CNRS : UMR5824 - Université Lumière - Lyon II - Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines) Catherine Sofer () (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - CNRS : UMR8174 - Université Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris I, EEP-PSE - Ecole d'Économie de Paris - Paris School of Economics - Ecole d'Économie de Paris)
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The aim of this paper is to explain the growing wage differentials between men and womenduring their working careers. We provide a dynamic model of statistical discrimination, whichintegrates specific human capital decisions: on-the-job training investment and wages areendogenously determined. We reveal a small wage differential at the beginning of women'scareer, followed by a larger wage differential; this is partly due to a lower level of human capitalinvestment by women and partly because firms smooth training costs between different periods.
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Length: Date of creation: Oct 2007 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:hal:cesptp:halshs-00193372_v1
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