Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ569700
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Rank Regressions, Wage Distributions, and the Gender Gap.
Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas
Journal of Human Resources, v33 n3 p610-43 Sum 1998
Current Population Survey data from 1979 and 1991 were used to decompose changes in the gender wage gap into three components: skill distribution, wage structure, and improvements in women's position. Relative wage gains by women may have been a source of increasing wage inequality among men. (SK)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Labor Market, Regression (Statistics), Salary Wage Differentials, Wages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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