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Two Sides of the Same Coin: U.S. "Residual" Inequality and the Gender Gap

Two Sides of the Same Coin: U.S. "Residual" Inequality and the Gender Gap Abstract: We show that the narrowing gender gap and the growth in earnings inequality are consistent with a simple model in which skills are heterogeneous, and the growth in skill prices has been particularly strong for skills with which women are well endowed. Empirical analysis of DOT, CPS, and NLSY79 data finds evidence to support this model. A large increase in the prices of cognitive and people skills—skills with which women are well endowed—and a decline in the price of motor skills account for up to 40 percent of the rising inequality and 20 percent of the narrowing gender gap. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Human Resources University of Wisconsin Press

Two Sides of the Same Coin: U.S. "Residual" Inequality and the Gender Gap

Bacolod, Marigee
Journal of Human Resources , Volume 45 (1) – Apr 4, 2010
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Abstract: We show that the narrowing gender gap and the growth in earnings inequality are consistent with a simple model in which skills are heterogeneous, and the growth in skill prices has been particularly strong for skills with which women are well endowed. Empirical analysis of DOT, CPS, and NLSY79 data finds evidence to support this model. A large increase in the prices of cognitive and people skills—skills with which women are well endowed—and a decline in the price of motor skills account for up to 40 percent of the rising inequality and 20 percent of the narrowing gender gap.

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Journal of Human Resources – University of Wisconsin Press

Published: Apr 4, 2010

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