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Hollywood’s Wage Structure and Discrimination

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Publication date02/2017
Place of PublicationLancaster
PublisherLancaster University, Department of Economics
Number of pages42
<mark>Original language</mark>English

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NameEconomics Working Paper Series

Abstract

The labour market for actors remains mostly unexplored. In this paper, we start by analysing how Hollywood wages have changed over time. We then proceed to examine the determinants of wages. One of our key findings is that there are substantial wage differences among male and female actors in Hollywood. A Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition suggests that 45% of the differences in the gender-wage gap can be attributed to discrimination.