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The measurement of gender wage discrimination: The distributional approach revisited Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Coral del Río () (Universidade de Vigo (Spain))
Carlos Gradín (Universidade de Vigo (Spain))
Olga Cantó () (Universidade de Vigo (Spain))
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This paper presents the advantages of taking into account the distribution of the individual wage gap when analyzing female wage discrimination. The limitations of previous approaches such as the classic Oaxaca-Blinder and the recent distributive proposals using quantile regressions or counterfactual functions are thoroughly discussed. The new methodology presented here relies on Jenkins' (1994) work and proposes the use of poverty and deprivation literature techniques that are directly applicable to the measurement of discrimination. In an empirical application, we quantify the relevance of the glass ceiling and sticky floor phenomena in the Spanish labor market.
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Keywords: children distributive analysis ; economics of gender ; wage discrimination ; glass ceiling ; sticky floor. ; Other versions of this item:
Find related papers by JEL classification: 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 J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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