Markets at Work

By Filed under Science and Other News on November 26, 2011 with 2 comments

A study [gated, but with abstract] published in the American Economic Review finds that people in jobs that are susceptible to sexual harassment demand and get higher pay to compensate for the risk. Findings:

  • Female workers are six times more likely than male workers to experience sexual harassment on the job.
  • Women in jobs with an average risk of sexual harassment are paid, on average, 25 cents per hour more than comparable women in jobs with little risk of sexual harassment.
  • Men in jobs with an average risk of sexual harassment receive, on average, 50 cents per hour more.

These values take into account a wide array of individual worker characteristics, including education and occupation.

Full article from Stone Hearth News on the first measures of sexual harassment risks at work.

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  1. Bruce says:
    November 26, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    Markets work. This is exactly what I would have expected.

  2. Paul H. says:
    November 28, 2011 at 6:28 am

    I think this is an important study and an important result, but I think non-economists will miss the point.