Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez
Author-Name-First: Sofia
Author-Name-Last: Izquierdo Sanchez
Author-Name: Maria Navarro Paniagua
Author-Name-First: Maria
Author-Name-Last: Navarro Paniagua
Title: Hollywood’s Wage Structure and Discrimination
Abstract: The labour market for actors remains mostly unexplored. In this paper, we start by analysing how Hollywood wages have changed over time. We then proceed to examine the determinants of wages. One of our key findings is that there are substantial wage differences among male and female actors in Hollywood. A Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition suggests that 45% of the differences in the gender-wage gap can be attributed to discrimination.
Creation-Date: 2017
File-URL: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/lums/economics/working-papers/LancasterWP2017_005.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Number: 152465718
Classification-JEL: J16, J31, J71, L82
Keywords: Gender wage gap, discrimination, Superstars, Actors/Hollywood, Inequality
Handle: RePEc:lan:wpaper:152465718