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Conceptualizing Job and Employment Concepts for Earnings Inequality Estimands With Linked Employer-Employee Data

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Sociological Methods & Research

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Abstract

Sociological Methods & Research, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 1027-1063, August 2026.
We examine variations in pay gap estimates and inferences associated with distinct conceptualizations of jobs and employment contexts under legal and comparable worth theories of pay bias. We find that job titles produce smaller estimates of within job ...