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Title: Evolution of Gender Differences in Occupational Mobility and Wages
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Publication Year: 2011
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Abstract: The U.S. gender wage gap shrank steadily during the last quarter of the past century. Con- currently, the occupational composition of women converged to that of men as they left the home-sector, entered previously male dominated professional and managerial occupations, and started switching occupations as frequently as their male colleagues. Previous work has associ- ated these gender-related labor market trends with either technological or institutional changes but did not decompose the outcomes in a unified general equilibrium setting. This paper at- tempts to do that. Our contribution is twofold. First, we structurally estimate gender-specific occupational entry and mobility cost parameters using Current Population Survey data. We find that the cost of switching to professional and managerial occupations relative to clerical occupations is 42% to 67% higher for women than it is for men. We also find a declining gap over time. Second, we simulate the estimated model to address the following question: what is the fraction of the reduced gender wage gap that can be attributed to the decreased mobility costs for women, and to shifts in the occupational wage structure?
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Authors: Choi, Sekyu; Cosar, A
Publisher: Universitat Auto`noma de Barcelona
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Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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