Gender, inequality, and wages / [electronic resource]
by Blau, Francine D; Gielen, Anne C; Zimmermann, Klaus F.
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BookSeries: IZA Prize in Labor Economics series: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : ill.ISBN: 9780191745805 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Wages -- Women -- Western countries | Sex discrimination in employment -- Western countries | Race discrimination -- Western countries | Social classes -- Western countries | Equal pay for equal work -- Western countriesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for years, although there have been some important changes over time. This collection of revised papers contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labor market and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities.
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In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for years, although there have been some important changes over time. This collection of revised papers contains extensive research on progress made by women in the labor market and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities.
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