Data and Code for: Equal Pay for Similar Work

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Diego Gentile Passaro, Brown University; Fuhito Kojima, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo; Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, Department of Economics, Brown University

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  replication_package_submission 11/30/2025 10:38:AM

Project Citation: 

Gentile Passaro, Diego, Kojima, Fuhito, and Pakzad-Hurson, Bobak. Data and Code for: Equal Pay for Similar Work. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2026. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E237824V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is code accompanying the article "Equal Pay for Similar Work"

Abstract: Equal pay laws increasingly  require that workers with different group identities doing "similar" work are paid equal wages within firm. We study such "equal pay for similar work'' (EPSW) policies theoretically and test our models' predictions empirically using evidence from a 2009 gender-based Chilean EPSW. Under EPSW, firms segregate their workforce by gender. When there are more men than women in a labor market, EPSW increases the gender wage gap.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Equal Pay; Wage Gap; Market Power
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D21 Firm Behavior: Theory
      J08 Labor Economics Policies
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J71 Labor Discrimination
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Chile
Universe:  View help for Universe Chilean firms and workers in unemployment insurance system
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Superintendencia de Pensiones. 2021. "Muestra de datos de Empleadores del Seguro de Cesantía [dataset]." Chilean Pension System Authority. Accessed 2021. https://www.spensiones.cl/portal/institucional/594/w3-propertyname-621.html.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Firm-month and worker-month observations

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