Arbeitspapier
The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential
This paper evaluates the impact of economic and legal variables on wage differentials between men and women. Since Becker (1957) economists have argued that competitive markets eliminate discrimination in the long run. On the other hand, practically all countries have enacted some sort of law mandating equal treatment of men and women. This paper uses a new international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a metaanalysis of existing studies. The findings show that both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 822
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Labor Discrimination
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Thema
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gender wage gap
competition
equal treatment law
Lohndifferenzierung
Geschlecht
Frauenpolitik
Wettbewerb
Schätzung
Welt
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Weichselbaumer, Doris
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2003
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Weichselbaumer, Doris
- Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2003
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