2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.05.025
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The gender reservation wage gap: Evidence from British Panel data

Abstract: Abstract:Our findings suggest the existence of a gender reservation wage gap, with a differential of around 10%. The presence of children, particularly pre-school age children, plays an important role in explaining this differential. For individuals without children, the explained component of the differential is only 5%, which might indicate that perceived discrimination in the labour market influences the reservation wage setting of females. Key words:

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“…Both types of wages increase with age, but decline after the age of 55. In the same data, Brown et al (2011) find lower hourly reservation wages among women, which is interpreted as a positive gender reservation wage gap. Effects of gender and family aspects such as motherhood explain some of the gap.…”
Section: Previous Empirical Findingsmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…Both types of wages increase with age, but decline after the age of 55. In the same data, Brown et al (2011) find lower hourly reservation wages among women, which is interpreted as a positive gender reservation wage gap. Effects of gender and family aspects such as motherhood explain some of the gap.…”
Section: Previous Empirical Findingsmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…Theoretically, other factors that may vary with gender could also influence task selection. Previous studies of the pay gap in traditional markets indicate that reservation wages, defined as the pay threshold at which a person is willing to accept work, may be lower among women with children compared to women without, and to that of men as well [21]. Thus, if women on MTurk are more likely to have young children than men, they may be more willing to accept available work even if it pays relatively poorly.…”
Section: Expected Gender Pay Gap Findings On Mturkmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Individual-level factors such as parental status and family composition are a common source of the gender pay gap in traditional labor markets [15]. Single mothers have previously been shown to have lower reservation wages compared to other men and women [21]. In traditional labor markets lower reservation wages lead single mothers to be willing to accept lower-paying work, contributing to a larger gender pay gap in this group.…”
Section: Individual-level Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…so, the objective of this study is to evaluate how both horizontal and vertical segregation explain the Ft-Pt pay differential for prime-age women. moreover, the presence of children in the family, particularly preschool children, raises the reservation wage significantly more for women than for men, leading to differences in labor market participation rates between men and women (Brown, Roberts, and taylor 2011). Unobserved characteristics other than earnings, such as family values, norms, and motivation, may also cause women to opt for Pt work, creating a selection bias that must be controlled for.…”
Section: Background and Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%