Journal Article

Breaking Down the Gender Wage Gap by Age and by Hours Worked


Abstract: In this study, the gap is compared from one generation to the next. The changes in the wage gap are linked to changes in labor supply and to ?statistical discrimination??when women pay a price because many other women are less attached to the workforce than men are.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: The Regional Economist

Publication Date: 2016

Issue: October

Order Number: 6-7