Econometric Analyses of the Empirical Consequences of Comparable Worth: What Have We Learned?
31 Pages Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last revised: 26 Oct 2022
Date Written: August 1988
Abstract
This paper presents a survey of the small, but growing, empirical literature by economists on the consequences of comparable worth. It discusses in turn studies of comparable worth's effects (or potential effects) on the male/female earnings gap, on female employment, on female labor supply and occupational mobility, and on women and their families as a group. The survey is critical in nature and areas in which further research is needed are indicated.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Econometric Analyses of the Empirical Consequences of Comparable Worth: What Have We Learned? (August 1988). NBER Working Paper No. w2672, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=227254
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