CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Laptiev, Anton |
|---|---|
| Title | Examining the Gender Pay Gap in the U.S. in 1979-2009: The Unconditional Quantile Regression Approach |
| Summary | Using the data from the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Groups for 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009 I show that the decline of the gender pay gap was not uniform across various quantiles of wage distribution and time periods. After substantial decline of the gender pay gap in 1979-1989, the slowdown of convergence was observed in 1989-2009, especially at higher quantiles of wage distribution. Decomposition of the gender wage differential on explained and unexplained parts shows that while decline in skill gap highly contributed to convergence of female and male wages, difference in returns to skills has changed slowly since 1989 and even increased at upper quantiles in 1999-2009. I interpret this fact as evidence of “glass ceiling effect”. I use the newly developed recentered influence function projection method to decompose explained and unexplained gaps into the contribution of main individual characteristics. I find that “glass ceiling effect” may be associated with uneven returns to higher education, professional-managerial and sales-clerical occupations and working in private sector. In addition, unequal return to experience contributed to slow decline of the gender pay gap in the lower part of wage distribution. |
| Supervisor | Earle John |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/laptiev_anton.pdf |
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