Unobserved selection heterogeneity and the gender wage gap
提出一种允许选择存在任意未观测异质性的工资差距估计方法，适用于“始终就业”女性群体，并利用1976-2005年CPS数据发现该群体的性别工资差距从-0.521缩小到-0.263对数工资点。
Summary Selection correction methods usually make assumptions about selection itself. In the case of gender wage gap estimation, those assumptions are especially tenuous because of high female nonparticipation and because selection could be different in different parts of the labor market. This paper proposes an estimator for the wage gap that allows for arbitrary and unobserved heterogeneity in selection. It applies to the subpopulation of “always employed” women, which is similar to men in labor force characteristics. Using CPS data from 1976 to 2005, I show that the gap has narrowed substantially from a −0.521 to a −0.263 log wage point differential for this population.