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Article: Measuring the pay disparity between typically female occupations and other jobs: a bivariate selectivity approach. (includes bibliography)
- Article from:
- Industrial and Labor Relations Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1989
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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