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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Doris Weichselbaumer () (Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria )
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer () (Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria )
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This paper evaluates the impact of economic and legal variables on wage differentials between men and women. Since Becker (1957) economists have argued that competitive markets eliminate discrimination in the long run. On the other hand, practically all countries have enacted some sort of law mandating equal treatment of men and women. This paper uses a new international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap.
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Keywords: Gender wage gap ; competition ; equal treatment law ; Other versions of this item:
Paper Weichselbaumer, Doris & Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, 2003.
"The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential ,"
Economics Series
138, Institute for Advanced Studies.
[Downloadable!] Weichselbaumer, Doris & Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, 2003.
"The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
4015, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted) Weichselbaumer, Doris & Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, 2003.
"The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential ,"
IZA Discussion Papers
822, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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Doris Weichselbaumer & Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, 2003.
"A meta-analysis of the international gender wage gap ,"
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2003-11, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
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