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Swimming with the Tide: Solidary Wage Policy and the Gender Earnings Gap
Author(s) -
Edin PerAnders,
Richardson Katarina
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.725
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1467-9442
pISSN - 0347-0520
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9442.00271
Subject(s) - wage , economics , earnings , labour economics , efficiency wage , wage inequality , human capital , wage share , inequality , demographic economics , economic growth , mathematical analysis , mathematics , accounting
This paper addresses the consequences of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the period 1968–1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women's wages have varied over time and have been partly counteracting. Changes in industry wage differentials have systematically worked against women, while changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender wage gap. Changes in the wage structure were particularly important between 1968 and 1974 when there was a dramatic reduction in overall wage inequality. JEL classification : J 16; J 31; J 51