TY - JOUR
T1 - Earnings inequality and gender in New Zealand, 1998–2008
AU - Papps, Kerry L.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - This paper applies a simple method for decomposing changes in inequality to earnings data from the New Zealand Income Survey and extends it to analyse changes in inequality between men and women. Earnings inequality rose among both males and females between 1998 and 2008. In both cases, the majority of this is unexplained by changes in the observed determinants of earnings; however, shifts in characteristics and the returns to those characteristics are also found to have large effects. Overall, there is evidence that male and female wage distributions are converging, although both are becoming more dispersed.
AB - This paper applies a simple method for decomposing changes in inequality to earnings data from the New Zealand Income Survey and extends it to analyse changes in inequality between men and women. Earnings inequality rose among both males and females between 1998 and 2008. In both cases, the majority of this is unexplained by changes in the observed determinants of earnings; however, shifts in characteristics and the returns to those characteristics are also found to have large effects. Overall, there is evidence that male and female wage distributions are converging, although both are becoming more dispersed.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2010.522161
U2 - 10.1080/00779954.2010.522161
DO - 10.1080/00779954.2010.522161
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 217
EP - 229
JO - New Zealand Economic Papers
JF - New Zealand Economic Papers
SN - 0077-9954
IS - 3
ER -