The gender pay gap in the USA: a matching study

Meara, Katie; Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan

doi:10.1007/s00148-019-00743-8

Cited by 78 publications

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“…Although declining from the 1970s, gender segregation in low productivity industries and occupations and in less senior positions is still important and explained about 40% of the gender gap in a number of developed countries in the 2000s (Blau & Kahn, 2017;Meara, Pastore, & Webster, 2020). More specifically, the negative impact of the occupational segregation of women and their tendency not to reach senior (apical) positions has an impact on the wage distributions of men and women.…”

Section: Gender and Managerial Positionsmentioning

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Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Webster

Hope²

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean countries. The study analyses the impact of women in apical positions within firms (top manager or owner) on firm performance-productivity, profitability and female employment. For this both a decomposition model and the Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA) estimator are used. The analysis finds that opportunities for women in these positions in the Caribbean are constrained to less productive and profitable firms, as elsewhere. However, those firms with females at the top employ more women, particularly in management roles.

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Section: Gender and Managerial Positionsmentioning

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Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Webster

Hope²

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…One author [58] presents a comprehensive review of literature on the gender pay gap especially focused on the USA, with detailed empirical evidence to show that some of the core issues have changed since the 1970s. In a very recent study [59], the gender pay gap in the USA is examined. The main conclusion implies that it might be better not to think of a single gender pay gap, but of a series of different pay gaps for different groups.…”

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Determinants of Repayment among Male and Female Microcredit Clients in the USA. An Approach Based on Managers’ Perceptions

Santandreu¹,

Pascual

Rambaud

2020

Sustainability

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Research on microfinance institutions (MFIs) has normally been focused on developing and emerging markets. However, an analysis of developed countries is also important for foreign MFIs wishing to take advantage of the growth potential of those markets. Therefore, the aim of this article is to determine whether MFIs working in the USA’s market should change or adapt their microcredit policies with respect to women. In effect, there are no studies in the USA supporting the argument that women are a better risk of microcredit than men, or that there are differences in microcredit repayment behavior between women and men. Additionally, it was investigated if the payment behavior of women and men is related to variables such as their age, ethnicity, academic level, marital status, or the characteristics of the microcredits, like purposes, amounts, and payment terms. In the USA, there are not—as in other countries—strong incentives, motivations, or external pressures, other than those that men also have, which influence women to pay their microloans better than men. Then, domestic and international MFIs attracted to enter the USA’s market should review their microcredit policies in relation to women. More research is needed about the microfinance market in the USA.

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“…The aforementioned leads to carry out future research taking into consideration cultural values. This research acts as an eye opener for other researchers locally and internationally to consider covert variables in their quest to mitigate wage gaps and discrimination against female workforce as addressed by Schieder and Gould (2016) and Meara, Pastore and Webster (2020).…”

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The Gender Wage Gap within the Agricultural Sector: A Case from South Lebanon

Hejase¹,

Hamie²,

Hejase³

2020

JBTP

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Agriculture is considered an important energizer of a country’s economic growth and poverty alleviation efforts. However, this sector is underperforming especially in developing countries in part because women, who are often a crucial human resource in agriculture and the rural economy, face difficulties that reduce their productivity and their effective involvement. This paper sheds light on the gender pay gap in Lebanon, in general, and the agriculture sector of South Lebanon, in particular. Exploratory quantitative analysis is applied using a convenient sample of 385 agricultural employees chosen from the Lebanese agricultural institutions in South Lebanon. The paper objectives include the assessment of the wage gap in the agricultural sector in South Lebanon, analyzing opinions towards the wage gap in South Lebanon, quantifying the impact of the gender pay gap on women, identifying the causes that lead to the existence of a wage gap, and the exploration of the existence of wage gap discrimination. Findings showed that the wage gap in the agricultural sector is affected by experience, age, family responsibilities, and physical ability which is a vital factor affecting the wage difference, while the nationality and the educational level had no effect on wage gap. Also, the study showed that there is a 40% wage gap, where the numbers of male and female employees with their average hourly wages were considered which is a significant difference in pay. The outcomes are important for NGOs, policy makers and rural authorities to plan innovatively and capitalize on the untapped female workforce in the agricultural sector of the country.

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The gender pay gap in the USA: a matching study

Cited by 78 publications

References 52 publications

Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean

Determinants of Repayment among Male and Female Microcredit Clients in the USA. An Approach Based on Managers’ Perceptions

The Gender Wage Gap within the Agricultural Sector: A Case from South Lebanon

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