Wage structure and the Canadian gender wage gap: 1980-1995

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dc.contributor.advisorEmery, J. C. Herbert
dc.contributor.authorSand, Benjamin MacLean
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-08T19:57:04Z
dc.date.available2005-08-08T19:57:04Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 43-45en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the Canadian male-female wage differential between 1980 and 1995, taking into account the effects of a changing wage structure via the Juhn, Murphy, and Pierce ( 1991) decomposition. This methodology attributes changes in the gender gap as being either gender specific or an effect of wage structure changes. Two alternative wage distributions of reference are examined to identify changes in the wage structure. Using the male wage distribution as a reference, the wage structure effects are larger than when the overall wage distribution is used. The findings indicate that women have made substantial gender specific gains, but that the changing wage structure has masked measured improvement. This suggests that changes in the wage structure are responsible for the apparent stalling of women' s progress in terms of the gender gap during 1980s, and the slowing decline in the 'unexplained' portion of the gap found in other studies.
dc.format.extentvi, 63 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationSand, B. M. (2003). Wage structure and the Canadian gender wage gap: 1980-1995 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15157en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/15157
dc.identifier.isbn061287415Xen
dc.identifier.lccAC1 .T484 2003 S26en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/39955
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleWage structure and the Canadian gender wage gap: 1980-1995
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1470 520708905
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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