Labor market sorting on personality traits and the gender wage gap

Gender sorting in the labor market can explain a major part of the gender wage gap. This paper documents the association between the gender wage gap and labor market sorting into jobs characterized by their requirements to personality traits. Two thirds of the Danish gender wage gap from 2008 to 201...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied economics letters 2020-06, Vol.27 (11), p.940-944
1. Verfasser:	Lesner, Rune V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Economic analysis Economic theory Economics Gender inequality Gender pay gap Income inequality Labor market labor market sorting Men nonpecuniary occupational characteristics Occupations Personality Personality traits
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