abstract: 'This paper extends the debate about redressing persistent gender

  inequality in Australia by examining the relationship between labour

  productivity and the wage gap in all states and territories (1986-2013).

  It is a critical case study as Australia''s widening gender wage gap is

  contrary to other developed nations. Using four different estimation

  methods, we find that reducing the gap by 10\% can boost per capita

  output up to 3\%. To check the robustness of our findings, we also

  control for the effects of both physical and human capital. Our results

  suggest there exists a strong business case for eliminating the gender

  wage gap. Given the tangible benefits to both equity and efficiency,

  such a goal should be of paramount importance for policy makers. (C)

  2017 Economic Society of Australia, Queensland. Published by Elsevier

  B.V. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Valadkhani, A (Corresponding Author), Swinburne Univ Technol, Dept Accounting
  Econ \& Finance, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia.

  Kennedy, Tom; Sheridan, Alison, Univ New England, UNE Business Sch, Armidale, NSW
  2351, Australia.

  Rae, Maria, Deakin Univ, Sch Humanities \& Social Sci, Burwood, Vic 3125, Australia.

  Valadkhani, Abbas, Swinburne Univ Technol, Dept Accounting Econ \& Finance, Hawthorn,
  Vic 3122, Australia.'
author: Kennedy, Tom and Rae, Maria and Sheridan, Alison and Valadkhani, Abbas
author-email: 'tom.kennedy@jpmorgan.com

  maria.rae@deakin.edu.au

  hosbusiness@une.edu.au

  abbas@swin.edu.au'
author_list:
- family: Kennedy
  given: Tom
- family: Rae
  given: Maria
- family: Sheridan
  given: Alison
- family: Valadkhani
  given: Abbas
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.eap.2017.04.003
files: []
issn: 0313-5926
journal: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
keywords: Australia; Gender; Per capita output; Wage gap
keywords-plus: 'UNIT-ROOT TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; INCOME INEQUALITY;

  PANEL-DATA; COINTEGRATION; GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; DIVERSITY; EDUCATION;

  EQUALITY'
language: English
month: SEP
number-of-cited-references: '55'
orcid-numbers: 'Valadkhani, Abbas/0000-0003-2538-1949

  Rae, Maria/0000-0002-3366-620X

  Sheridan, Alison/0000-0002-9342-4931'
pages: 14-24
papis_id: c5b545a74f2ba06d211d152533b47b15
ref: Kennedy2017reducinggender
researcherid-numbers: 'Valadkhani, Abbas/I-6960-2019

  '
times-cited: '20'
title: 'Reducing gender wage inequality increases economic prosperity for all: Insights
  from Australia'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000414431500002
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '17'
volume: '55'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2017'