TY - JOUR
T1 - The Causal Impact of Grammatical Gender Marking on Gender Wage Inequality and Country Income Inequality
AU - Shoham, Amir
AU - Lee, Sang Mook
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Vicky Magginas for her research assistant. They also thank Temple University Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) grant that supported this research.
Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by funding from the Temple University Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) grant.
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PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - In this study, we investigate, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of language gender marking on gender wage inequality and country income inequality. We find that nations with a higher level of gender marking in their dominant language have a higher wage gap between genders. Using an instrumental variable approach, we also find that gender marking has an indirect impact on country income inequality via gender wage inequality. Furthermore, we find evidence that the income inequality of a society as a whole (Palma ratio and Gini index, interchangeably) is affected by gender wage inequality. Finally, we document that linguistic gender marking outperforms survey-based cultural gender dimensions as a predictor of both gender wage inequality and country income inequality.
AB - In this study, we investigate, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of language gender marking on gender wage inequality and country income inequality. We find that nations with a higher level of gender marking in their dominant language have a higher wage gap between genders. Using an instrumental variable approach, we also find that gender marking has an indirect impact on country income inequality via gender wage inequality. Furthermore, we find evidence that the income inequality of a society as a whole (Palma ratio and Gini index, interchangeably) is affected by gender wage inequality. Finally, we document that linguistic gender marking outperforms survey-based cultural gender dimensions as a predictor of both gender wage inequality and country income inequality.
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U2 - 10.1177/0007650317696231
DO - 10.1177/0007650317696231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040448314
SN - 0007-6503
VL - 57
SP - 1216
EP - 1251
JO - Business and Society
JF - Business and Society
IS - 6
ER -