A Pollution Theory of Discrimination Male and Female DiVerences in Occupations and Earnings
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Women work in occupations that are diVerent from those of men and get paid less for apparently the same personal and job characteristics.1 These diVerences have, in part, been attributed to economic discrimination that some have ascribed to “tastes.” The most cited treatise on the subject posits that some individuals desire to work and live apart from others and would require a premium to interact with them.2
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