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Gender Discrimination Across U.S. States: What Has Changed Over The Past Thirty Years?, Joshua Ballance
Gender Discrimination Across U.S. States: What Has Changed Over The Past Thirty Years?, Joshua Ballance
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This study examines changes in the gender wage gap and level of gender discrimination in the United States over the period1980-2010 at the national and state levels. Using data from the U.S. Current Population Survey, this study applies the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to separate the explained and unexplained variations in the gender pay gap. The unexplained variation proxies the level of gender discrimination faced by U.S. workers. The wage equation estimated utilizes the Heckman methodology to control for sample selection bias. Results with and without sample selectivity controls are included in this paper.
This study reports the gender pay gap in …