Document Type
Discussion Paper
Publication Date
4-1-2019
CFDP Revision Date
06/22/2020
CFDP Pages
69
Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Code(s)
E24, H24, I26, I28, J16, J22, J24, J31, J71
Abstract
We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS. Based on a lifecycle model and using tax and welfare bene t reforms as a source of exogenous variation we evaluate the role of formal training and experience in defining the evolution of wages and employment careers, conditional on education. Training is potentially important in compensating for the effects of children, especially for women who left education after completing high school, but does not fundamentally change the wage gap resulting from labor market interruptions following child birth.
Recommended Citation
Blundell, Richard; Costa Dias, Monica; Goll, David; and Meghir, Costas, "Wages, Experience and Training of Women over the Lifecycle" (2019). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 2567.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/2567