caa a22 4500 467921164 CHVBK 20180406152917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10818-006-9008-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10818-006-9008-8 The Male-Female Pay Gap Driven by Coupling between Labor Markets and Mating Markets [Elektronische Daten] [Steven Frank, Richard Mckenzie] Synopsis: Males often get paid more than females for the same work. This male-female pay gap has been observed throughout the world over many years. The most commonly cited explanations focus on gender oppression and workplace discrimination. We agree that discrimination contributes significantly to the pay gap; however, other factors may play important roles in how the sexes compete in the labor market. We use observations from psychology and concepts from biology to show how aspects of mate choice may influence labor markets. With a mathematical model, we analyze how mating preferences for partner wages affect the differences in wages between males and females, and in turn how wage differences affect mating preferences. If some extrinsic force, such as discrimination, creates an initial bias in wages, then coupled feedback between mating preferences and wages creates and maintains excess mating preference and wage biases. This model demonstrates how coupling between labor markets and mating markets can lead to outcomes that do not occur when analyzing either market in isolation from the other. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 discrimination nationallicence gender bias nationallicence labor economics nationallicence mate choice nationallicence sexual selection nationallicence wage gap nationallicence Frank Steven Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 92697-2525, Irvine, CA, USA aut Mckenzie Richard Graduate School of Management, University of California, 92697-3125, Irvine, CA, USA aut Journal of Bioeconomics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/3(2006-12-01), 269-274 1387-6996 8:3<269 2006 8 10818 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10818-006-9008-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10818-006-9008-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frank Steven Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 92697-2525, Irvine, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mckenzie Richard Graduate School of Management, University of California, 92697-3125, Irvine, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Bioeconomics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/3(2006-12-01), 269-274 1387-6996 8:3<269 2006 8 10818 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer