文档介绍：Should We Mind the Gap?
Gender Pay Differentials and Public Policy
Should We Mind the Gap?
Gender Pay Differentials and Public Policy
j. r shackleton
The Institute of Economic Affairs
contents
About the author 7
First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Foreword 8
The Institute of Economic Affairs
2 Lord North Street Acknowledgements 12
Westminster Summary 13
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The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve public 1 Introduction 19
understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society, by analysing
and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.
2 What is the gender pay gap in the UK? 24
Copyright © The Institute of Economic Affairs 2008
The big picture 24
The moral right of the authors has been asserted.
Variations 27
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3 parisons 34
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic,
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permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book. 4 The legal position 40
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
isbn 978 0 255 36604 5 5 Explaining the overall pay gap 45
Compensating differentials 46
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Director General at the address above. Econometric analysis of the pay gap 53
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6 The part-time pay gap 67
The part-time pay penalty 68
the author