How unequally has equal pay progressed since the 1970s? A study of two British cohorts

Makepeace, Gerald Henry, Paci, P., Joshi, H. and Dolton, P. 1999. How unequally has equal pay progressed since the 1970s? A study of two British cohorts. Journal of Human Resources 34 (3) , pp. 534-556.

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Abstract

This paper compares the gender gap in the pay of British, full-time workers from two cohorts, born in 1946 and 1958 and observed in their early thirties in 1978 and 1991 respectively. These dates are separated by 13 years of Equal Pay Legislation coupled with active labor market deregulation. Although women's human capital endowments had improved on average more than men's, there may have been little improvement in the differential treatment of the average woman in full-time employment. When the whole distribution of female earnings was considered, a general improvement in the treatment of women became apparent.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
ISSN:	0022-166X
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2022 10:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35871

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