@techreport{98a40869e04f48c7a948f4afd59265ec,
title = "Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labor Market: The Household Interaction Effect",
abstract = "We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in households.In equilibria where men are over-represented in full-time work, we show that firms rationally choose to hire women only at strictly lower wages than men.The model developed predicts a gap even controlling for education, occupation and industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our theory using CPS data over the period 1979-98 and find it is strongly supported by the data.",
keywords = "gender discrimination, household models, wage gap",
author = "P. Francois and {van Ours}, J.C.",
note = "Pagination: 36",
year = "2000",
language = "English",
volume = "2000-85",
series = "CentER Discussion Paper",
publisher = "Macroeconomics",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Macroeconomics",
}