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Author: Laughlin, Teresa Laine Clarke
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Laughlin, Teresa Laine Clarke |
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Curious Workmanship: An Analysis of the Role of Nonpecuniary Rewards to Work, and the Female-Male Wage Differential M.A. Thesis, California State University - Fullerton, 1992 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Discrimination, Sex; Gender Differences; Wage Differentials; Wage Rates; Working Conditions This study investigates the role that nonpecuniary rewards play in the determination of wages for women and men. Using the idea of compensating differentials, the question of whether the measure of discrimination against women in the workplace falls when working conditions are included in the analysis, is investigated. This study analyzes a data set from the 1984 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Regression estimates of the earnings functions of men and women are run, using the logarithm of the wage rate, and the logarithm of a total compensation index which includes a weighted measure of nonpecuniary benefits. The results suggest that, although the wage differential between women and men is reduced, the measure of discrimination against women is increased. |
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Laughlin, Teresa Laine Clarke. Curious Workmanship: An Analysis of the Role of Nonpecuniary Rewards to Work, and the Female-Male Wage Differential. M.A. Thesis, California State University - Fullerton, 1992. |
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Laughlin, Teresa Laine Clarke Solberg, Eric J. |
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The Gender Pay Gap, Fringe Benefits, and Occupational Crowding Working Paper, California State University - Fullerton, April 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Author Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Discrimination, Employer; Wage Gap; Wage Rates Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Canonical correlation analysis is used to construct an index of total compensation for work that includes measures of the wage rate and fringe benefits using the 1991 NLSY. Earnings equations are estimated for seven occupations using both the logarithm of the wage rate and the index of total compensation. The results indicate that the pay gap is much smaller when the index of total compensation is used. An estimated gender coefficient is statistically significant for the traditional earnings equation in all occupations except for the most female dominated occupation. However, when the index is used as the dependent variable, the gender coefficient is statistically significant in only one occupation which contains relatively heterogeneous jobs. Regressions by occupation for male and females are used to test the equality of structures between models separated by gender, and the gap is decomposed into a part due to differences in traits and a residual part The results are consistent with a hypothesis that occupational assignment is the primary determinant of the pay gap, and this is consistent with the "crowding" explanation of the gender gap. The preponderance of evidence is against the employer "taste" discrimination explanation of the pay gap. |
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Laughlin, Teresa Laine Clarke and Eric J. Solberg. "The Gender Pay Gap, Fringe Benefits, and Occupational Crowding." Working Paper, California State University - Fullerton, April 1994. |
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Solberg, Eric J. Laughlin, Teresa Laine Clarke |
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The Gender Pay Gap, Fringe Benefits, and Occupational Crowding Industrial and Labor Relations Review 48,4 (July 1995): 692-708. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2524351 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University Keyword(s): Demography; Economics of Gender; Human Capital; Labor Market Demographics; Schooling; Skills; Training; Training, On-the-Job; Wage Differentials; Wage Levels Using data from the 1991 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the authors estimate earnings equations for each of seven occupational categories and the aggregate sample. When fringe benefits are excluded from the compensation measure, a gender coefficient is statistically significant (that is, women are found to have received significantly lower compensation than men) within six of the seven occupational categories, the exception being the most female-dominated category. When an index of compensation that includes fringe benefits is used, however, a gender coefficient is significant in only one category, which contains relatively heterogeneous jobs. Gender-specific regressions are used to estimate what part of the earnings gap between men and women is due to differences in traits. The results indicate that occupational assignment is the primary determinant of the pay gap, a result that is consistent with a 'crowding' explanation of that gap. |
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Bibliography Citation
Solberg, Eric J. and Teresa Laine Clarke Laughlin. "The Gender Pay Gap, Fringe Benefits, and Occupational Crowding." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 48,4 (July 1995): 692-708.
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