Metros, Money, Manpower: Exploring the Gender Earnings Gap Across U.S. Labor Markets and Occupations
Metros, Money, Manpower: Exploring the Gender Earnings Gap Across U.S. Labor Markets and Occupations
Introduction
- In 2009, median earnings of full-time, year-round workers were $40,409 with women's earnings typically 78% that of men's earnings.
- Local labor markets are an economic factor due to variation in the occupational and industrial mix, labor supply, and institutional context. As a result median earnings differ, as does the relationship between women's and men's earnings.
- Earnings differentials may be greater at the 75th percentile and above. Researchers attribute this disparity to differences in occupational choice, educational attainment, attachment to the labor force, and other reasons.
- We explore to what extent the economic and demographic context of a labor market determines the gender earnings gap.
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