Why do women's wages increase so slowly throughout their career? A dynamic model of statistical discrimination
Nathalie Havet
(1)
,
Catherine Sofer
(2, 3)
Nathalie Havet
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- IdHAL : nathalie-havet
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Catherine Sofer
- Fonction : Auteur
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Résumé
The aim of this paper is to explain the growing wage differentials between men and women during their working careers. We provide a dynamic model of statistical discrimination, which integrates specific human capital decisions: on-the-job training investment and wages are endogenously determined. We reveal a small wage differential at the beginning of women's career, but women's wages increase more slowly; this is partly due to a lower level of human capital investment by women and partly because firms smooth training costs between different periods.
Domaines
Economies et finances| Format du dépôt | Notice |
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| Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
| Titre |
en
Why do women's wages increase so slowly throughout their career? A dynamic model of statistical discrimination
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| Résumé |
en
The aim of this paper is to explain the growing wage differentials between men and women during their working careers. We provide a dynamic model of statistical discrimination, which integrates specific human capital decisions: on-the-job training investment and wages are endogenously determined. We reveal a small wage differential at the beginning of women's career, but women's wages increase more slowly; this is partly due to a lower level of human capital investment by women and partly because firms smooth training costs between different periods.
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| Auteur(s) |
Nathalie Havet
1
, Catherine Sofer
2, 3
1
GATE -
Groupe d'analyse et de théorie économique
( 785 )
- 93 chemin des Mouilles 69130 ECULLY
- France
2
CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
3
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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| Comité de lecture |
Oui
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| Vulgarisation |
Non
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| Langue du document |
Anglais
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| Nom de la revue |
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| Audience |
Internationale
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| Date de publication |
2008-05
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| Volume |
22
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| Numéro |
2
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| Page/Identifiant |
291-314
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| Domaine(s) |
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| Mots-clés |
it
dynamic model of statistical discrimination
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2008.00409.x |
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