What drives the gender wage gap? Examining the roles of sorting, productivity differences, and discrimination
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- Sin, Isabelle & Stillman, Steven & Fabling, Richard, 2017. "What Drives the Gender Wage Gap? Examining the Roles of Sorting, Productivity Differences, and Discrimination," IZA Discussion Papers 10975, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Gender wage gap; discrimination; sorting; productivity; competition;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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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEN-2017-12-18 (Gender)
- NEP-HME-2017-12-18 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-URE-2017-12-18 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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