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Comparisons in gender wage differentials and discrimination between Germany and the United Kingdom (2001)
Journal Article
Brookes, M., Hinks, T., & Watson, D. (2001). Comparisons in gender wage differentials and discrimination between Germany and the United Kingdom. LABOUR, 15(3), 393-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.00170

Due to the lack of consistent data, direct and robust comparisons of cross-country labour markets have been virtually impossible. This study uses a new panel data series that controls for inconsistencies, thus overcoming this problem. This study esti... Read More about Comparisons in gender wage differentials and discrimination between Germany and the United Kingdom.

A multinomial logit nondiscriminatory approach to estimating racial wage and occupational discrimination (2001)
Journal Article
Hinks, T., & Watson, D. (2001). A multinomial logit nondiscriminatory approach to estimating racial wage and occupational discrimination. Applied Economics, 33(5), 605-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840122869

This paper combines a technique to measure nondiscriminatory wage structures with a multinomial logit model to estimate both occupational racial discrimination and within-occupation racial wage underpayment and overpayment. Using a recent South Afric... Read More about A multinomial logit nondiscriminatory approach to estimating racial wage and occupational discrimination.

German wage underpayment: An investigation into labor market inefficiency and discrimination (2001)
Journal Article
Dawson, P., Hinks, T., & Watson, D. (2001). German wage underpayment: An investigation into labor market inefficiency and discrimination. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 70(1), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.3790/vjh.70.1.107

Using stochastic panel wage frontiers, this paper estimates the relative underpayment of females and males in the reunified Germany. The estimates are initially applied to discrimination analysis. It finds that females have higher underpayment and th... Read More about German wage underpayment: An investigation into labor market inefficiency and discrimination.