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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Changes in the US Gender Gap in Wages in the 1960s
Contributor:
Bailey, Martha J.;
Helgerman, Thomas;
Stuart, Bryan A.
imprint:
American Economic Association, 2021
Published in:
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111 (2021), Seite 143-148
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1257/pandp.20211020
ISSN:
2574-0768;
2574-0776
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> The 1960s witnessed landmark legislation that aimed to increase women's wages, including the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and the 1966 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Although the gender gap in pay changed little at the mean/median during the decade, our distributional analysis shows that women's wages converged sharply on men's below but diverged above the median. However, the bulk of women's relative pay gains are not explained by changes in observed attributes. Our findings suggest an important role for legislation in narrowing the gender gap in the 1960s. </jats:p>