Using education to reduce the wage gap between men and women

Miki Malul; Fany Yuval

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.006

Using education to reduce the wage gap between men and women

Miki Malul, Fany Yuval

Department of Public Policy and Management

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Using a theoretical model we analyzed the decision of men and women to acquire human capital in the form of extra education. We found that women tend to seek higher levels of education than men in an attempt to reduce the wage gap between themselves and their male peers. We also showed that for women with strong abilities, this strategy is an effective one.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	412-416
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Socio-Economics
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.006
State	Published - 1 Aug 2011

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Gender
Human capital
Labor market

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Economics and Econometrics

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