- Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
- Vol: 18 Issue: 2 Special Issue
- MALE-FEMALE EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS AND THE EXTENT OF WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
MALE-FEMALE EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS AND THE EXTENT OF WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Authors : Burak Günalp
Pages : 283-303
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Publication Date : 2000-12-31
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Using data from a Nationa) Science Foundation survey this stüdy measures Che extent of gender discrfrnination in the case of college graduates. To analyze the components of the male-female earnings gap, the standard Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition method and the Couon/Neumark extensions of this method are employed. İn addiüon, the stüdy accounts for the sarnple selectıon bias by using Heckman l s îwo-stage. two-equation procedure. The results ofthe stüdy indicate that a signifıcant portion ofthe observed earings diffferential is attributable to wage discirimation,Keywords : Labor market discrimination, eamings differentials, malefemale wage discrimination