The Feminization of Occupations and Change in Wages: A Panel Analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland
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Keywords
occupations; gender; wages; discrimination; sex-segregation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2015-02-28 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HME-2015-02-28 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-LAB-2015-02-28 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2015-02-28 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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