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Title: Do wages fall when women enter an occupation?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 0927-5371

DOI: 10.1016/J.LABECO.2021.102102

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Abstract: I present causal evidence on the effect of women's entry into occupations on wages in the United States. I construct a shift-share instrument that interacts the dramatic increase in women's educational attainment and workforce participation from 1960 to 2010 with the likelihood that men and women enter each occupation. I find that a 10 percentage-point increase in the female fraction within an occupation leads to an 8 percent decrease in average male wage and a 7 percent decrease in average female wage in the concurrent census year, and an 9 percent decrease in male wages and a 14 percent decrease in female wages over 10 years.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537121001378?via%3Dihub

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Authors: Harris, Jorgen

Periodical (Full): Labour Economics

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Volume: 74

Pages: 102102

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare

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