Potential Biases in Measuring Male-Female Discrimination.

Polachek, Solomon William

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Publication Date: 1975

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Potential Biases in Measuring Male-Female Discrimination

Polachek, Solomon William

Journal of Human Resources, 10, 2, 205-29, Spr 75

The paper illustrates both theoretically and empirically that being married and having children have opposite effects on the wage rates of husbands and wives, and further that these diverging wage patterns are perpetuated over the length of the marriage. (Author)

Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Family Characteristics, Salary Wage Differentials, Sex Discrimination, Statistical Analysis, Tables (Data)

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