Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics
Publication Date
2006
ISSN
1547-9846
Page Number
281
Keywords
sex discrimination, pay equity, gender, women, wage disparity
Disciplines
Law | Sexuality and the Law
Abstract
This paper examines sources of gender pay disparity and the factors that contribute to this pay gap. Many researchers question the role of discrimination and instead attribute the residual pay gap to gender differences in preferences. The main issue considered in this paper is whether gender differences in choices, especially with respect to the family and household, are indeed responsible for the gender pay gap, or whether discrimination plays a role. On balance, the evidence indicates that sex discrimination remains a possible explanation of the unexplained gender pay gap. This is consistent with the continuing high profile sex discrimination litigation suggestive of on-going inferior treatment on the basis of sex.
Recommended Citation
Joni Hersch,
Sex Discrimination in the Labor Market, 2 Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics. 281
(2006)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/668