ECON-3046EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hiring Hall, Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation, Family Wage
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Now women are more educated, and longer working life. The gap is still (cid:498)persistent(cid:499) gap narrowed but still there, it could be because. Most males dominate jobs, get paid more that"s a form of segregation. 5% pure wage discrimination same job, different wages. Labour market discrimination: employers may discriminate in their hiring and promotion policies as well as their wage policies. male wages are falling, fewer blue collar jobs, and de unionized as well. Man at 100% and women 80%, 20% unexplained, 15% jobs segregation and. The forces of competition would deter employers from discrimination since they forgo profits by not hiring or promoting females who are as productive as their male counter parts. Male co-worker may discriminate, for instance, provide examples of how males in typical (cid:498)males(cid:499) jobs may find their masculinity threatened, and thereby refuse to cooperate with or informally train female co-workers.