Gender, inequality, and wages /
Blau, Francine DAuthor
Gielen, Anne CContributor
Zimmermann, Klaus FContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2013.
This book contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labour market, and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. It also covers other indicators of gender inequalities, and other dimensions of inequality. It consists of a collection of previous works, both single-authored and co-authored, which have been revised and form an integrated volume dealing with inequality in the labour market. Each part is introduced by a chapter that places the work in context and explains its genesis, as well as its relevance to current research and policy, and an Epilogue brings together concluding thoughts. The chapters on the gender wage gap probe and quantify the explanations for the gap, show how it has decreased over time in the United States, and suggest explanations for this narrowing and the more recent slowdown in wage convergence. The book also considers international differences in the gender wage gap and wage inequality more generally, ascribing an important role to wage setting institutions. Other chapters more broadly consider a variety of indicators of gender inequality and how they have changed over time, and trends in female labour supply and what they indicate about changing gender roles. In addition, a successful intervention designed to increase the relative success of academic women is evaluated. Inequality by race and immigrant status are also examined, including analyses of race difference in wages and wealth, immigrant-native differences in the use of transfer payments, and the impact of gender roles in immigrant source countries on immigrant women's labour market assimilation in the United States.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Introduction by the editors: Equality and fairness in the labor market -- II: The gender wage gap : determinants and trends over time for the United States: Introduction ; Equal pay in the office ; Trends in earnings differentials by gender -- III. International differences in the gender wage gap and wage inequality : the role of wage setting institutions: Introduction ; Wage structure and gender earnings differentials : an international comparison ; Understanding international differences in the gender pay gap ; International differences in male wage inequality : institutions versus market forces -- IV: Other dimensions of gender inequality and policy responses: Introduction ; Changes in the labor supply behavior of married women : 1980-2000 ; Trends in the well-being of American women : 1970-1995 -- Can mentoring help female assistant professors? : interim results from a randomized trial -- V. Inequality by race and immigrant status: Introduction ; Black-white earnings over the 1970s and 1980s : gender differences in trends ; Black-white differences in wealth and asset composition ; The use of transfer payments by immigrants ; Gender, source country characteristics, and labor market assimilation among immigrants : 1980-2000 -- VI. Concluding thoughts.
This book contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labour market, and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. It also covers other indicators of gender inequalities, and other dimensions of inequality. It consists of a collection of previous works, both single-authored and co-authored, which have been revised and form an integrated volume dealing with inequality in the labour market. Each part is introduced by a chapter that places the work in context and explains its genesis, as well as its relevance to current research and policy, and an Epilogue brings together concluding thoughts. The chapters on the gender wage gap probe and quantify the explanations for the gap, show how it has decreased over time in the United States, and suggest explanations for this narrowing and the more recent slowdown in wage convergence. The book also considers international differences in the gender wage gap and wage inequality more generally, ascribing an important role to wage setting institutions. Other chapters more broadly consider a variety of indicators of gender inequality and how they have changed over time, and trends in female labour supply and what they indicate about changing gender roles. In addition, a successful intervention designed to increase the relative success of academic women is evaluated. Inequality by race and immigrant status are also examined, including analyses of race difference in wages and wealth, immigrant-native differences in the use of transfer payments, and the impact of gender roles in immigrant source countries on immigrant women's labour market assimilation in the United States.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Wages
Equal pay for equal work
Pay equity
Women
Sex discrimination in employment
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics