Article: Measuring the pay disparity between typically female occupations and other jobs: a bivariate selectivity approach. (includes bibliography)

MEASURING THE PAY DISPARITY BETWEEN TYPICAL FEMALE OCCUPATIONS AND OTHER JOBS: A BIVARIATE SELECTIVITY APPROACH

The author of this study, using bivariate probit selectivity model

with data from the 1984 Panel Survey of Income Dynamics, finds that

women in female-dominated jobs earned 6-15 percent less than women

with the same characteristics in other occupations. These results support

the crowding hypothesis, according to which women are crowded into

"female jobs" because of employer discrimination, resulting in lower

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