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ERIC Number: EJ469975
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Do Workers Accurately Perceive Gender Wage Discrimination?
Hampton, Mary B.; Heywood, John S.
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, v47 n1 p36-49 Oct 1993
Analysis of data from 529 female and 1,343 male physicians found a strong positive correlation between women's perceptions of the gender income differences they experienced and econometric estimates of those differences. Women accurately perceived wage discrimination and used their perception in determining the amount they were underpaid. (SK)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Evaluative Thinking, Females, Physicians, Salaries, Salary Wage Differentials
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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