ECON 426 Lecture : Blau and Kahn Summary (2000) - Gender Differences in Pay
23 Nov 2011
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Authors: francine d. blau and lawrence m. kahn. Main hypotheses/questions: a review article that analyzes the extent of, and sources of, gender differences in pay, and comparisons of the us with other countries. Main results: there are many factors that account for gender differences pay, differences in labor market treatment, differences in qualifications, employment in different sectors, wage structure currently present will continue to affect them. Literature review: the gender pay gap will continue to decrease; however, the discrimination that is, there is considerable review with regards to differences in employment and wages following educational attainment (flyer and rosen, 1994; wood et al. , Frontier: gender discrimination in the us and international comparisons. Includes numerous data sources such as census bureau data, population reports; u. s. Bureau of labor statistics (bls); oecd data; international social survey programme (issp) microdata. More detailed hypotheses/facts/results/comments: ratio of wages of men to women remained relatively constant from late 1950s to.
