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Spatial Routes to Gender Wage (In)equality: Regional Restructuring and Wage Differentials by Gender and Education

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  • Leslie McCall

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I examine how different dimensions of restructuring are related to gender wage inequality. The analysis extends research on regional wage differentials to include differentials between men and women in two educational groups at opposite ends of the educational hierarchy. Relative wages across regional labor markets in the United States are modeled in a multilevel framework as outcomes of variation in economic conditions associated with restructuring. Using microdata from the 1990 PUMS-A 5 percent census files, as well as independent sources of macro-data on counties, I show that the direction of wage changes associated with each dimension of restructuring generally does not differ by gender or education. Wages are either higher or lower than the average labor market for all groups. However, there are significant differences in relative wages by gender and many important differences between the two educational groups in the spatial distribution of gender wage inequality. Several “spatial routes” to gender wage equality emerge that differ from the dominant temporal explanations of the declining gender wage gap and differ according to the educational background of workers.

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  • Leslie McCall, 1998. "Spatial Routes to Gender Wage (In)equality: Regional Restructuring and Wage Differentials by Gender and Education," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 74(4), pages 379-404, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recgxx:v:74:y:1998:i:4:p:379-404
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00022.x
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    1. Annette Zeilstra & Paul Elhorst, 2006. "Unemployment Rates At the Regional and National Levels of the European Union: An Integrated Analysis," ERSA conference papers ersa06p73, European Regional Science Association.
    2. Boris Hirsch & Marion König & Joachim Möller, 2013. "Is There a Gap in the Gap? Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 60(4), pages 412-439, September.
    3. Leslie Mccall, 2000. "Explaining levels of within-group wage inequality in U.S. labor markets," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 37(4), pages 415-430, November.
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    5. Gary Green & Landy Sanchez, 2007. "Does Manufacturing Still Matter?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 26(5), pages 529-551, December.
    6. Julie Silva & Robin Leichenko, 2003. "Regional Income Inequality and International Trade," Working Papers 03-15, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
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