The effects of differences in year-round, full-time labor market experience on gender wage levels in the United States

Author: GABRIEL, PAUL

Source: International Review of Applied Economics, Volume 19, Number 3, July 2005 , pp. 369-377(9)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This paper utilizes longitudinal information on annual hours worked to construct a more robust measure of labor market experience for young workers in the USA. This enhanced experience measure is then used to assess recent gender wage differentials. Our experience measure yields a dramatic improvement in the ability of standard earnings regressions to explain the variation in wages across individuals, especially for young women. In addition, our results indicate that approximately one-fourth of the gender difference in average wages is attributable to the higher work experience levels of men.

Keywords: Wages; gender; discrimination; JEL Classification: J1, J16

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02692170500119813

Publication date: 2005-07-01

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