The gender reservation wage gap: evidence from British panel data
Brown, Sarah ; Roberts, Jennifer ; Taylor, Karl
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2011
6 p.
child care ; statistics ; wage differential ; women
Discussion Paper Series
5457
Wages and wage payment systems
English
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"Our findings suggest the existence of a gender reservation wage gap. The presence of children, particularly pre-school age children, plays an important role in determining the proportion of this gap that can be explained by individual characteristics. For individuals without children, the unexplained component of the differential is 99% compared to only 22% for those with pre-school age children, which might indicate that perceived discrimination in the labour market influences the reservation wage setting of females. "
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