Sweetman, Olive (1996) Gender Differences in the Changing Labor Market The Role of Legislation and Inequality in Changing the Wage Gap for Qualified Workers in the United Kingdom. Journal of Human Resources, 31 (3). pp. 549-566. ISSN 0022-166X

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Abstract

We use detailed cohort data from three surveys of graduates two explanations for the large decline in the male-female occurred in the United Kingdom during the early 1970s. butes the fall to gender-specific factors, most notably the antidiscrimination legislation. The second explanation argues changes were largely in response to changes in the wage in particular to the introduction of income policies. Our findings show that for U.K. graduates, all the change in relative wages that occured in this period can be accounted for by gender specific-forces.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Gender Differences; Labour market; Legislation; Inequality;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
Item ID:	8527
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.2307/146265
Depositing User:	Olive Sweetman
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2017 15:08
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Human Resources
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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