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The effects of differences in year-round, full-time labor market experience on gender wage levels in the United States

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This paper utilizes longitudinal information on annual hours worked to construct a more robust measure of labor market experience for young workers in the USA. This enhanced experience measure is then used to assess recent gender wage differentials. Our experience measure yields a dramatic improvement in the ability of standard earnings regressions to explain the variation in wages across individuals, especially for young women. In addition, our results indicate that approximately one-fourth of the gender difference in average wages is attributable to the higher work experience levels of men.

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  • Paul Gabriel, 2005. "The effects of differences in year-round, full-time labor market experience on gender wage levels in the United States," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 369-377.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:irapec:v:19:y:2005:i:3:p:369-377
    DOI: 10.1080/02692170500119813
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    Keywords

    Wages; gender; discrimination; JEL Classification: J1; J16;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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