Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison
AbstractThis paper provides a detailed and comprehensiveexamination of female relative earnings over the period 1981to 1991. Comparisons are made with male estimates. Thedata are disaggregated by sector of employment, revealingimportant and differing underlying trends. In the publicsector, for examp...
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| description | AbstractThis paper provides a detailed and comprehensiveexamination of female relative earnings over the period 1981to 1991. Comparisons are made with male estimates. Thedata are disaggregated by sector of employment, revealingimportant and differing underlying trends. In the publicsector, for example, the return to education fell for bothmales and females. In the private sector there was a rise inthe relative earnings of female high school and diplomagraduates, and a decline amongst female degree holders.Private sector male degree holders experienced an increasein their relative earnings. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-255432017-01-30T12:49:02Z Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison Preston, Alison AbstractThis paper provides a detailed and comprehensiveexamination of female relative earnings over the period 1981to 1991. Comparisons are made with male estimates. Thedata are disaggregated by sector of employment, revealingimportant and differing underlying trends. In the publicsector, for example, the return to education fell for bothmales and females. In the private sector there was a rise inthe relative earnings of female high school and diplomagraduates, and a decline amongst female degree holders.Private sector male degree holders experienced an increasein their relative earnings. 1999 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25543 Curtin University of Technology fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Preston, Alison Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison |
| title | Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison |
| title_full | Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison |
| title_fullStr | Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison |
| title_full_unstemmed | Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison |
| title_short | Female earnings in 1981 and 1991: A comparison |
| title_sort | female earnings in 1981 and 1991: a comparison |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25543 |