Labour Market Institutions and the Gender Pay Ratio

The ability of countries to influence the gender pay ratio depends on labor market institutions. Countries with centralized wage fixing systems and strong unions, such as Australia, were able to increase the relative pay of all women quite quickly during the 1970s. Other countries, such as the US, f...

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Published in:Australian economic review 1999-09, Vol.32 (3), p.273-278
Main Author: Gregory, Bob
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia: Economic policy
Comparative analysis
Comparative studies
Gender
Great Britain: Economic policy
History
Institutions
Labor economics
Labor market
Labour market
Manycountries
Sex discrimination in employment
Sex inequality
United States: Economic policy
Wage differential
Wage differentials
Wage distribution
Wage inequality
Wages
Women
Women and employment
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Summary:The ability of countries to influence the gender pay ratio depends on labor market institutions. Countries with centralized wage fixing systems and strong unions, such as Australia, were able to increase the relative pay of all women quite quickly during the 1970s. Other countries, such as the US, found it more difficult to change the gender pay ratio, even though they responded with the institutional structures that they possessed. Equal Pay provisions and civil rights legislation were relatively ineffective. What is very clear now is that labor market institutions are impacting virtually on different subsets of women.
ISSN:0004-9018
1467-8462
DOI:10.1111/1467-8462.00115