Gender-Based Wage Differentials in a Predominantly Female Profession: Observations from Nursing

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Cheryl, Bland; Gates, Michael
Titel	Gender-Based Wage Differentials in a Predominantly Female Profession: Observations from Nursing
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 23 (2004) 6, S.615-631 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.06.001
Schlagwörter	Salary Wage Differentials; Nursing; Females; Job Satisfaction; Premium Pay; Labor Market; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Supply and Demand; Nontraditional Occupations; Gender Discrimination; Comparable Worth; Gender Issues; Sex Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krankenpflege; Weibliches Geschlecht; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Lohnzulage; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Bedarfsplanung; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Lohngerechtigkeit; Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterrolle
Abstract	Despite numerous studies examining nursing wages, very little attention has focused on nursing wage differentials. We build on previous research by modeling nursing wages and examining male-female wage differences within the context of the current nursing shortage. Our results show that male nurses do earn a wage premium, largely explained by employment as a nurse anesthetist, job satisfaction, and experience. Whether or not this differential indicates discrimination toward females in the US nursing labor market is unclear. Since males represent a small proportion of the nursing workforce, the time required for males to become prevalent in the nursing labor market and help ease the nursing shortage is unknown. Consequently, one must ask whether the male wage premium is sufficient to attract substantial numbers of men into nursing, and whether wages, in general, are sufficient to attract the requisite numbers of males and females into nursing to address the shortage "crisis." (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10