dc.contributor.author	Seitz, William
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-23T14:52:08Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-23T14:52:08Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08-23
dc.description.abstract	This study demonstrates systematic bias against women in public perceptions of the fairness of wages. In nationally representative survey experiments across more than 70,000 individual vignettes posed to 4,500 respondents in three Central Asian countries, respondents were 13 percent more likely to say wages were “too high” when the randomly assigned person described in the vignette (subject) was a woman, and 34 percent more likely to say they were “too low” when the subject was a man. The pattern of bias favoring higher wages for men is statistically significant at conventional levels in all three countries, among both male and female respondents, and in each of the eight occupations studied. The results also demonstrate the presence of significant bias in favor or older workers, specifically for white-collar occupations, and the absence of this relationship for the blue-collar occupations included in the experiment. The findings reinforce the importance of bias as a contributing factor to the gender pay gap, and the value of equal pay regulations to prevent gender discrimination in wage setting.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099516508212338351/IDU09d447bcd0cbd8041bd0982f0cdfa3ba4cf4f
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-10548
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40256
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Papers; 10548
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	GENDER WAGE GAP
dc.subject	EQUAL PAY
dc.subject	SYSTEMATIC GENDER BIAS
dc.subject	AGE BIAS
dc.title	Preferences for Wage Discrimination against Women	en
dc.type	Working Paper
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Preferences for Wage Discrimination against Women
okr.date.disclosure	2023-08-21
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-08-21T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099516508212338351/IDU09d447bcd0cbd8041bd0982f0cdfa3ba4cf4f
okr.guid	099923108212341262
okr.guid	099516508212338351
okr.identifier.docmid	IDU-9d447bcd-cbd8-41bd-982f-cdfa3ba4cf4f
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-10548
okr.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10548
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34148382
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	34148382
okr.identifier.report	WPS10548
okr.import.id	1579
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099516508212338351/pdf/IDU09d447bcd0cbd8041bd0982f0cdfa3ba4cf4f.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.geographical	Central Asia
okr.sector	Central Government (Central Agencies)
okr.theme	Inclusive Growth,Economic Policy,Economic Growth and Planning,Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Law
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Equity and Development
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unit	EFI-ECA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EECPV)

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