Male/female earnings gap
The following articles are available on our web site, under the topic “Male/female earnings gap”:
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Using Male Earnings Data to Forecast
the Future Income of Females
- Autumn 1997 Expert Witness (2.3)
- In this article Derek Aldridge deals with the subject of the "wage gap" between men and women. He discusses the rationale used to explain this difference in earnings and why it might be inaccurate to base a prediction of the future earnings of young women on women’s historical earnings. He suggests that there is considerable support for the use of male earnings data which have been adjusted to reflect the extent to which a female’s career path may differ from that of the average male.
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The MacCabe Judgment: Allowing the
Use of Earnings Statistics for Males When Estimating the
Future Income of a Female
- Autumn 1998 Expert Witness (3.3)
- In this article, Derek Aldridge explains how the MacCabe judgment is important from the economist’s view. What does the judgment imply about future cases involving injured or deceased females? There are many questions unanswered.
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Male Versus Female Earnings –
Is the Gender Wage Gap Converging?
- Spring 2002 Expert Witness (7.1)
- In this article Kelly Rathje examines current and projected trends in educational attainment and labour force participation – two factors which influence earnings. Then, she present the results of some recent research regarding the projected gender wage gap. Next, she considers the implications of these results for the estimation of the potential incomes of young females.
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Estimating non-discriminatory
lifetime earnings for young females
- Spring 2006 Expert Witness (11.1)
- This articles examines the sources of male/female earnings differentials that might arise from differences between the sexes in labour force participation rates, part-time hours, and retirement ages. It concludes that, even in the absence of labour market discrimination, women may earn 25 to 35 percent less than men.