Returns to Skill, Compensating Differentials, and Gender Bias: Effects of Occupational Characteristics on the Wages of White Women and Men

Kilbourne, Barbara; England, Paula; Farkas, George; Beron, Kurt J.; Weir, Dorothea

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“…Still, there are exceptions. In their disaggregation of the sex gap in pay Kilbourne et al (1994) find job attributes and skill levels account for some but not all the pay gap.…”

Section: The Penalty To Motherhood Previous Findingsmentioning

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Sacrificing Their Careers for Their Families? An Analysis of the Penalty to Motherhood in Europe

Gash

2009

Soc Indic Res

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent Vanessa Gash, University of ManchesterAbstract: This paper examines the extent of and the mechanisms behind the penalty to motherhood in six European countries. Each country provides different levels of support for maternal employment allowing us to determine institutional effects on labour market outcome. While mothers tend to earn less than nonmothers, the penalty to motherhood is considerably lower in countries with policy support for working mothers. The paper establishes the United Kingdom and West Germany to have the least policy support for working mothers as well as the largest penalties to motherhood.

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“…Still, there are exceptions. In their disaggregation of the sex gap in pay Kilbourne et al (1994) find job attributes and skill levels account for some but not all the pay gap.…”

Section: The Penalty To Motherhood Previous Findingsmentioning

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Sacrificing Their Careers for Their Families? An Analysis of the Penalty to Motherhood in Europe

Gash

2009

Soc Indic Res

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“…Wages paid in occupations labeled as "caring" or "social" have received attention in the economics literature, with the historical focus being the fact that these occupations are dominated by women (e.g., England, Budig, and Folbre 2002;Kilbourne et al 1994;Pitts 2003). Because of this high representation of women, wage penalties associated with the occupations are often identified as an important source of wage differentials between men and women.…”

Section: Wage Determination In Social Occupations: the Role Of Indivimentioning

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“…Separate analyses by gender makes sense as the literature generally finds that wage determination in a similar class of caring or social occupations differs by gender (for example, see Hirsch and Manzella (2015) and Kilbourne et al (1994). It will also allow us to determine whether selection into social and non-social occupations differs by gender and to identify any differences in the role individual social capital might play in those choices.…”

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Wage Determination in Social Occupations: The Role of Individual Social Capital

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Rupasingha²

2016

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in www.econstor.euThe authors appreciate comments from and discussions with Melissa R. Banzhaf, Tim Dunne, Barry Hirsch, Lisa Kahn, Tom Mroz, M. Melinda Pitts, and Matthew Ross. Research assistance from Augustine Denteh, Tom Zichong Qu, and Kalee Burns is also appreciated. Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors' and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or the Economic Research Service. All results have been reviewed to ensure that no confidential information is disclosed. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility. Abstract: We make use of predicted social and civic activities (social capital) to account for selection into "social" occupations. Individual selection accounts for more than the total difference in wages observed between social and nonsocial occupations. The role that individual social capital plays in selecting into these occupations and the importance of selection in explaining wage differences across occupations is similar for both men and women. We make use of restricted data from the 2000 decennial census and the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey. Individual social capital is instrumented by distance-weighted surrounding census tract characteristics.JEL classification: J31, J24, C34

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“…For example, Kilbourne et al (1994) observe net positive returns to education, experience, cognitive and physical skills. In renewable energy establishments, medium skilled workers cover the highest share of the labour force, whereas high skilled workers also represent a relatively high share (International Labour Office and European Commission 2011;Strietska-Ilina et al 2011;German Federal Environmental Ministry 2012).…”

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“…Hirsch et al 2010;Barth/Dale-Olsen 2009;Bertrand/Goldin/Katz.2010;Ransom/Oaxaca 2010;Kilbourne et al 1994). Because the share of women is below average in RE companies (ILO/EU 2011: 24 percent; Staiß et al 2006: 17 percent), there seems to be another indicator, that the wages in this field might be higher than in comparable non-RE companies.…”

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The hidden winners of renewable energy promotion: Insights into sector-specific wage differentials

2015

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Returns to Skill, Compensating Differentials, and Gender Bias: Effects of Occupational Characteristics on the Wages of White Women and Men

Cited by 393 publications

References 25 publications

Sacrificing Their Careers for Their Families? An Analysis of the Penalty to Motherhood in Europe

Sacrificing Their Careers for Their Families? An Analysis of the Penalty to Motherhood in Europe

Wage Determination in Social Occupations: The Role of Individual Social Capital

The hidden winners of renewable energy promotion: Insights into sector-specific wage differentials

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