Performance pay, competitiveness, and the gender wage gap: Evidence from the United States

被引：17

作者：

McGee, Andrew ^{[1
,2
]}

McGee, Peter ^{[3
]}

Pan, Jessica ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Econ, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

[2] IZA, Bonn, Germany

[3] Univ Arkansas, Dept Econ, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[4] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Econ, Singapore 117570, Singapore

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2015年 / 128卷

关键词：

Gender wage gap; Competitiveness; Performance pay; INEQUALITY; TOO; SHY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.004

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We show that women in the NISY79 and NLSY97 are less likely than men to receive competitive compensation. The portion of the gender wage gap explained by compensation schemes is small in the NLSY79 but somewhat larger in the NLSY97. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：35 / 38

页数：4

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