中文摘要
本文通过一项调查实验,研究人们对性别工资差距大小的信念与其对旨在缩小该差距的政策需求之间的关系。信念会因果性地影响对同工同酬立法和平权行动项目的支持,但无法解释按党派和性别划分的政策观点分化。政策需求的变化似乎由对劳动力市场歧视的信念变化和公平关切所驱动,而自利的作用似乎不那么重要。本文提供的证据表明,对政府干预有效性的悲观预期限制了政策需求对感知到的工资差异的弹性。(JEL D63, D83, J16, J22, J31, J71)
Abstract
I conduct a survey experiment to study the relationship between people’s beliefs about the size of the gender wage gap and their demand for policies aimed at mitigating it. Beliefs causally affect support for equal pay legislation and affirmative action programs, but cannot account for the polarization in policy views by partisanship and gender. Changes in policy demand seem to be driven by changes in beliefs about discrimination in labor markets and fairness concerns, while self-interest appears less important. I provide evidence that pessimism about the effectiveness of government intervention limits the elasticity of policy demand to perceived wage differentials. (JEL D63, D83, J16, J22, J31, J71)