The Paradox of Progress : the Emergence of Wage Discrimination in US Manufacturing
(2015) In European Review of Economic History 19(2). p.128-148- Abstract
- This article tests for wage discrimination in US manufacturing during the nineteenth century and in 2002 by estimating the female-to-male productivity ratio and comparing it to the wage ratio. This method will not identify all forms of discrimination, but will determine whether women were paid wages commensurate with their productivity. There was no significant difference between the wage ratio and the productivity ratio in the nineteenth century, but in 1900 there is evidence of gender discrimination among white-collar workers. In 2002 the female-to-male productivity ratio was higher than in the nineteenth century, and the wage ratio was also higher, but the wage ratio was significantly lower than the productivity ratio, at least for... (More)
- This article tests for wage discrimination in US manufacturing during the nineteenth century and in 2002 by estimating the female-to-male productivity ratio and comparing it to the wage ratio. This method will not identify all forms of discrimination, but will determine whether women were paid wages commensurate with their productivity. There was no significant difference between the wage ratio and the productivity ratio in the nineteenth century, but in 1900 there is evidence of gender discrimination among white-collar workers. In 2002 the female-to-male productivity ratio was higher than in the nineteenth century, and the wage ratio was also higher, but the wage ratio was significantly lower than the productivity ratio, at least for workers older than thirty-five. The movement from the spot labor markets of the nineteenth century to the internal labor markets has allowed for the emergence of gender wage discrimination. (Less)
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- Burnette, Joyce LU
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- 2015
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- wage discrimination, gender wage gap
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- European Review of Economic History
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- 21 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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- scopus:84929720793
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- 1474-0044
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- 10.1093/ereh/hev002
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series = {{European Review of Economic History}},
title = {{The Paradox of Progress : the Emergence of Wage Discrimination in US Manufacturing}},
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