Topic 5 Paper: (Baron & Cobb-Clark 2010)

Question 1

What is Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010) about?

Answer 1

Investigating the gender wage gap, particularly the role of gender segregation within sector-specific occupations.

Question 2

Give the citation for the paper that investigates “The gender wage gap, particularly the role of gender segregation within sector-sepcific occupations.”

Answer 2

“Occupational segregation and the gender wage gap in private- and public-sector employment: A distribution analysis”

Baron & Cobb-Clark 2010

Question 3

In Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010), how is the wage gap in low income earners explained?

Answer 3

Wage related characteristics fully explain the wage gap in low income earners, where gender differences in sector employment are a large part of this explination

Question 4

In Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010), is a ‘real’ wage gap discovered in high income workers?

Answer 4

Yes. In high income earners a large amount of the wage gap (50-60%) remains unexplained in both private and public sector.

Question 5

What data is used in Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010),

Answer 5

The household, income and labour dynamics in Australia data

HILDA!!!

from 2001-2006, specifically private and public sector employees aged 22-60

Question 6

What in words is the population model used in Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010)

Answer 6

Dependent variables is hourly wage in main job

Explanatory variables are: public or private sector status, demographic characteristics, human capital characterstics (education, tenture, ect), state/territory of residence and job characteristics (firm size, unionization, part time statis, ect)

Question 7

In Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010), How important are demographic characteristics in explaining the wage gap?

Answer 7

• Not very at all

Question 8

In Baron & Cobb-Clark (2010), how do differences in labour market experience contribute to explaning the wage gap

Answer 8

Somewhat, particularly for workers in the bottom half of the wage distribution