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Title: The Effect of Federal Equal Pay Legislation When Controlling for Existing State Legislation

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Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: Discrimination in womens wages is a much studied topic; various attempts have been made to measure the effect of the Federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 on the difference between men and womens wages. Generally these studies find little positive effect and sometimes a negative effect on womens relative wages. Previous studies had no control group and didnt take into account the fact that some states passed equal pay legislation before the federal law. By using the states as a control group I find that the federal law had a significant positive impact on womens wages and labor force participation.

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Authors: Jaffe, Sonia

Publisher: University of Chicago

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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