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Title: The Substitutability of Male and Female Engineers in Production

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: The objective of this paper was to determine the extent to which male and female engineers are substitutes in production. A Translog Production function was used to obtain the Hicks Partial Elasticities of Complementarity between male and female engineers, as well as capital. The data suggest, in four different models, that male and female engineers are substitutes in production to the extent that a one percent increase in the quantity of female engineers implies a decrease of .04 percent to 2.33 percent in the prevailing male wage. From this we assert that competition from female engineers has very likely had a negative impact on the labor market for male counterparts.

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Authors: Pilz, Adam

Publisher: University of Akron

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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