Methodological Considerations in Estimating the Gender Pay Gap for Employed Professionals  

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Morgan, Laurie A. ; Arthur, Michelle M.

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Sociological Methods and Research vol. 33 no. 03 (Feb. 2005), page 383.
Topik: quantitative methods; methodology (data analisis); compensation; profesional workers; gender inequality

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The author adsress a methodological issue in estimating pay penalties to women professional-whether the dependent variable i the pay equition should be hourly wage or earnings measured over some other period such as week, months, or a years.The authors analyze data on collage graduates working in professional specialty occupations and on physicians, and they report two main conclusions. first, the appropriate specification of the pay equqtion for (employed) professional is with in (earnings) as the dependent vatiable with in (hours) incluaded as an independent variable. ssecond, the implications of using this specification fo estimates of gender pay differentials are serious.

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