Competition, Takeovers, and Gender Discrimination

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4573016
AutoresFredrik Heyman (Research Institute of Industrial Economics), Helena Svaleryd (0000-0003-3072-5224, Research Institute of Industrial Economics), Jonas Vlachos (0000-0002-7717-9155, Stockholm University)
Año2013
Volumen66
Número2
Páginas409-432
Fecha de publicación2013-04-01
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)
DOI10.1177/001979391306600205
OpenAlexW3122776031
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas29

Theories of taste-based discrimination predict that competitive pressures will drive discriminatory behavior out of the market. The authors analyze how firm takeovers and product market competition affect firms' gender composition and gender wage gap using detailed matched employer-employee data. Taking into account several endogeneity concerns while using a difference- in- difference framework, they find that the share of female employees increases as a result of an ownership change when product market competition is weak. Furthermore, a takeover reduces the gender wage gap. Although the estimated effects are small, the results support the main theoretical predictions

Competition (biology · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Endogeneity · Gender discrimination · Labour economics · Low wage · Market competition · Market economy · Microeconomics · Product (mathematics · Product market · Wage · Workforce · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research