Occupational Choice Mobility and Wage Differentials

这项研究活动得到了“妇女的研究机会--计划资助方案”的支持。该计划的目的是为从未获得过联邦奖项的妇女提供一个机会，让她们开展初步工作，以确定一系列研究的可行性。这一奖励将允许调查员开始开发和测试模型，以检查男女工资差异和职业隔离。调查员将特别注意男女在工作流动性方面的差异，以此作为解释工资差异的可能因素。在劳动经济学的一般领域中，这条研究路线是极其重要和及时的。男女之间的工资差异是否主要是由歧视性做法造成的，还是主要是其他因素造成的，如人力资本、职业选择、搬迁意愿、职业中断等，都存在很大争议。工资差异是否主要是性别歧视或其他因素，对于确定关于就业做法的公共政策具有极其重要的意义。

This research activity is supported under the "Research Opportunities for Women--Planning Grant Program". The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for women, who have never been the recipient of a federal award, to undertake preliminary work to determine the feasibility of a line of research. This award will allow the investigator to begin to develop and test models to examine male/female wage differentials and occupational segregation. The investigator will pay special attention to the differences in job mobility between men and women as possible factor in explaining wage differentials. This line of research in the general area of labor economics is extremely important and timely. There is great controversy over whether wage differentials between men and women are caused mainly by discriminatory practices or whether it is mostly a result of other factors such as differences in human capital, occupational choice, willingness to relocate, career interruptions, etc. Whether wage differentials are due mainly to sex discrimination or other factors is of enormous importance in determining what public policy ought to be with respect to employment practices.