Browsing by Subject "Wages--United States--Sociological aspects"
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Changing Effect of Education, Gender, Occupation, and State on Hourly Wage Rates.
(2009-02-04)This study used 36 year of labor market data from the U.S. Census Bureau, covering 1971 through 2006, to analyze the determinants of wage rates across the entire U.S. population and the ways in which they have changed. It ... -
Covert Inequity : Gender Discrimination through Occupational Categorization.
(2009-04)Economists have widely recognized and published the importance of gender as a determinant of an individual's wage. Existing policies, however, aim at ensuring that women are paid equal wages as individuals on a case-by-case ... -
Wage Penalties in Majority-Female Occupations
(2010-04)Some economic researchers have concluded that labor market discrimination against women in the U.S. has been declining since the 1970s. However, Dr. Schaffer's previous research suggested otherwise. Our research, using a ...