The Return to Hours Worked within and across Occupations

Implications for the Gender Wage Gap

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3126325
AutoresJeffrey T Denning (0000-0001-9825-4962, Brigham Young University), Brian A Jacob, Brian Jacob (0009-0003-3794-9850, University of Michigan), Lars J Lefgren, Lars Lefgren (0000-0002-8198-8094, Brigham Young University), Christian Vom Lehn (Brigham Young University)
Año2022
Volumen75
Número5
Páginas1321-1347
Fecha de publicación2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00197939211045376
OpenAlexW3158136945
ISBN9793921104537
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas19

Prior research suggests that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap. Yet common estimates of the wage returns to hours worked are close to zero, implying that hours differences explain little of the gender wage gap, even though men work more hours than women on average. However, while the wage returns to hours worked within occupations are small, the authors document that the wage returns to average hours worked across occupations are large. They develop a conceptual framework that reconciles these facts. Findings show that, under some assumptions, gender differences in hours worked can account for a substantial portion of the gender wage gap and that increases in the returns to hours worked over the past four decades slowed progress in reducing the gender pay gap

Demographic economics · Economics · Gender gap · Labour economics · Wage · Work hours · Working hours · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Retirement, Disability, and Employment