Decomposing the barriers to equal pay: examining differential predictors of the gender pay gap by socio-economic group
利用英国家庭追踪调查数据，分析工作历史等因素对不同收入群体性别收入差距的影响，发现工作历史差异解释了平均差距的29%，且影响因收入群体而异。
Abstract Our article examines different predictors of the gender pay gap at the mean and for different income groups. Using the United Kingdom Household Panel Survey (UKHLS), we provide a detailed analysis of the effects of individual work histories, with up to 40 years of retrospective data examined alongside other key indicators. Work histories provide a powerful means of measuring the long-term effects of reduced labour force attachment on pay for women and for men. We find that gendered differentials in work-history account for 29% of the gender pay gap at the mean and that the effects of women’s reduced attachment vary by income group. We find men to earn a higher wage penalty to part-time work-histories than women, and find no evidence of a penalty to part-time work more generally in poor households. We conclude that gender equalisation policies need to reflect divergent needs by income group.