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

We show that women in the NLSY79 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.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	McGee, Andrew ; McGee, Peter ; Pan, Jessica
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 128.2015, C, p. 35-38
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Gender wage gap \| Competitiveness \| Performance pay

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J16 - Economics of Gender ; A12 - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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