TY  - JOUR
TI  - Using occupational preference in estimating market wage 
discrimination: The case of the gender pay gap-decomposition of a 
reduced-form wage equation 
T2  - American Journal of Economics and Sociology
IS  - 1
AB  - Past occupational preference is used to estimate the gender pay gap. 
The use of predetermined variables in a reduced-form wage equation 
avoids the bias caused by using variables that are correlated with 
the random error. Using a gender coefficient, the potential 
discriminatory gap is about 11.5% when past occupational preference 
is included. Decomposition yields an estimate of 10.5% when past 
occupational preference is included. In both cases, the 
discriminatory gap is close to that obtained when actual occupation 
is included. This suggests public policy directed toward reducing 
hiring discrimination by gender might be misdirected. 
AU  - Solberg, Eric J.
UR  - http://ecsocman.hse.ru/text/16785457/
PY  - 1999
SP  - 85-113
M2  - 85
VL  - 58
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