The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference?
Analyses of data from the 2000 US Census show that the gender pay gap differs by sector of employment and according to the part of the earnings distribution that is considered. The gender pay differential in the private sector in the US does not display either the glass ceiling or sticky floor effec...
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| description | Analyses of data from the 2000 US Census show that the gender pay gap differs by sector of employment and according to the part of the earnings distribution that is considered. The gender pay differential in the private sector in the US does not display either the glass ceiling or sticky floor effects that have been reported for many other countries. The government sector is, however, characterized by a distinct sticky floor effect in the female–male pay differential. Regardless of the sector of employment, females have lower hourly rates of pay than men across the entire earnings distribution. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-153092017-09-13T13:41:02Z The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? Miller, Paul sector gender sticky floor Earnings glass ceiling Analyses of data from the 2000 US Census show that the gender pay gap differs by sector of employment and according to the part of the earnings distribution that is considered. The gender pay differential in the private sector in the US does not display either the glass ceiling or sticky floor effects that have been reported for many other countries. The government sector is, however, characterized by a distinct sticky floor effect in the female–male pay differential. Regardless of the sector of employment, females have lower hourly rates of pay than men across the entire earnings distribution. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15309 10.1007/s12122-008-9050-5 Springer New York LLC restricted |
| spellingShingle | sector gender sticky floor Earnings glass ceiling Miller, Paul The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? |
| title | The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? |
| title_full | The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? |
| title_fullStr | The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? |
| title_short | The gender pay gap in the US: does sector make a difference? |
| title_sort | gender pay gap in the us: does sector make a difference? |
| topic | sector gender sticky floor Earnings glass ceiling |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15309 |