EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS AND THE GENDER RACE WAGE GAP/

Citation
J. Hersch et S. Whitemeans, EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS AND THE GENDER RACE WAGE GAP/, Social science quarterly, 74(4), 1993, pp. 851-866
Citations number
10
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
ISSN journal
0038-4941
Volume
74
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
851 - 866
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4941(1993)74:4<851:EHAPBA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
White men are more likely to be covered by fringe benefits than are wo men and black men. This study considers the effect of differences in b enefit status on the gap in total compensation by gender and race. The gap explained by differences in observable worker characteristics is greater for benefit-sector workers when measured by total compensation than when measured by wages only. However, less than 50 percent of th e gap in compensation between white males and other workers is due to differences in observable characteristics.