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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 4 No. 3 (July 2012)
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The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages
Article Citation
Bailey, Martha J.,
Brad Hershbein, and
Amalia R. Miller. 2012. "The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
4(3): 225-54.
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.3.225
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.3.225
Abstract
Decades of research on the US gender gap in wages describes its correlates, but little is known about why women changed their career paths in the 1960s and 1970s. This paper explores the role
of "the Pill" in altering women's human capital investments and its ultimate implications for life-cycle wages. Using state-by-birthcohort variation in legal access, we show that younger access to the Pill conferred an 8 percent hourly wage premium by age 50. Our estimates imply that the Pill can account for 10 percent of the convergence of the gender gap in the 1980s and 30 percent in the 1990s. (JEL J13, J16, J31, J71, J24)
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Authors
Bailey, Martha J. (U MI)
Hershbein, Brad (U MI)
Miller, Amalia R. (U VA)
Hershbein, Brad (U MI)
Miller, Amalia R. (U VA)
JEL Classifications
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31: Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J71: Labor Discrimination
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31: Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J71: Labor Discrimination
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