The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences / Iacopo Morchio, Christian Moser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morchio, Iacopo.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Moser, Christian.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w32408.

NBER working paper series no. w32408

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2024.

Summary:

Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a large gender pay gap due to women working at lower-paying employers with better nonpay attributes. To interpret these facts, we develop an equilibrium search model with endogenous firm pay, amenities, and hiring. We provide a constructive proof of identification of all model parameters. The estimated model suggests that amenities are important for both men and women, that compensating differentials explain half of the gender pay gap, and that there are significant output and welfare gains from eliminating gender differences. However, equal-treatment policies fail to achieve those gains.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2024.