Working Paper: NBER ID: w25776
Authors: Richard Blundell; Monica Costa Dias; David A. Goll; Costas Meghir
Abstract: We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS. Based on a lifecycle model and using tax and welfare benefit reforms as a source of exogenous variation we evaluate the role of formal training and experience in defining the evolution of wages and employment careers, conditional on education. Training is potentially important in compensating for the effects of children, especially for women who left education after completing high school, but does not fundamentally change the wage gap resulting from labor market interruptions following child birth.
Keywords: gender wage gap; training; labor market; women; UK BHPS
JEL Codes: H2; J16; J22; J24; J3; J31
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Training (M53) | Gender Wage Gap (J31) |
| Children (J13) | Women's Wages (J31) |
| Training (M53) | Mitigation of Wage Losses from Part-Time Work After Childbirth (J22) |
| Training Policies (J08) | Women's Disposable Income and Welfare (I38) |
| Training (M53) | Labor Market Costs of Children (J49) |
| Training Effectiveness (M53) | Wage Gap (J31) |
| Childcare Availability (J13) | Women's Labor Market Outcomes (J79) |