Wages, Experience and Training of Women over the Lifecycle

Published on 29 April 2019

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We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment.

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We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and using reforms as a source of exogenous variation we evaluate the role of formal training and experience in de ning 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.

    Authors

    Richard Blundell
    Richard Blundell

    CPP Co-Director

    Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

    Costas Meghir
    Costas Meghir

    Research Fellow Yale University

    Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.

    Monica Costa Dias
    Monica Costa Dias

    Deputy Research Director

    Monica is a Deputy Research Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol, with an interest in Labour, Family and Public Economics.

    David Goll

    David Goll

    Working Paper details

    DOI
    10.1920/wp.ifs.2019.0819
    Publisher
    The IFS

    Suggested citation

    Blundell, R et al. (2019). Wages, Experience and Training of Women over the Lifecycle. London: The IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/wages-experience-and-training-women-over-lifecycle (accessed: 21 January 2025).

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