Citation

Johnes, Geraint & Tanaka, Yasuhide (2008). Changes in gender wage discrimination in the 1990s: a tale of three very different economies. Japan and the World Economy, 20(1), 97-113.

Abstract

In this paper gender wage decompositions are performed for three very different countries, that is, Japan, Russia and the USA for the years of 1993 and 2000, using the ISSP data set. From the research of this paper, it is shown that the gender wage differential in Japan has narrowed between 1993 and 2000, and the results reveal price and characteristics effects for this country that differ markedly from those observed elsewhere, with female disadvantage being particularly marked. Also, this paper finds that gender wage differentials in Russia and the USA have increased during the years considered here.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2006.09.003

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2008

Journal Title

Japan and the World Economy

Author(s)

Johnes, Geraint
Tanaka, Yasuhide