ABSTRACT
Sex differences abound in labor markets. In the United States three differences in particular have attracted the most attention: the earnings gap, occupational segregation, and the greater responsibility of women for child care and housework, and consequential lower participation in the labor market.This volume brings together David Neumark's work
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Family economics and sex differences in labor markets
part |2 pages
Part II Testing for discrimination
chapter 9|35 pages
Wages, productivity, and worker characteristics
Evidence from plant-level production functions and wage equations
part |2 pages
PART III Testing models of discrimination
chapter 10|27 pages
Wage differentials by race and sex: the roles of taste discrimination and
labor market information
part |2 pages
Part IV Evaluating policy responses to sex differences and sex discrimination
chapter 13|32 pages
Are Affirmative Action hires less qualified?: evidence from employer–employee data on new hires
Evidence from employer–employee data
