ECON 452 (A & B) Winter 2001 C. Ferrall / A. Gregory

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A0: Census of Canada: PUMFy_i, where y in {1986,1991,1996}

A1: ln(wages and salaries) = Xbeta + epsilon

X controls for at at least:

• education
• sex
• province
• age
• age * age

Task: based on a single estimated regression equation

1. Establish whether or not a gender gap in ln earnings existed in year y. Express any such gap in percentage of a man's earnings (all else constant).
2. Establish whether or not the gender gap differs across provinces (all else constant).

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