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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Hollywood Gender Gap
T2 - The Role of Action Films
AU - Heywood, John
AU - Izquierdo Sanchez, Sofia
AU - Navarro Paniagua, Maria
PY - 2024/7/3
Y1 - 2024/7/3
N2 - AbstractWe estimate gender earnings differentials among Hollywood stars. While this market should be particularly efficient in translating productivity into earnings, we demonstrate an unexplained female earnings gap of over two million dollars a film. Critically, we show that action films drive this gap. Our movie fixed effects estimate a much larger-million-dollar gap among action movies and a smaller statistically insignificant gap among other genres. Within the other genres, the one significant earnings gap is among stars older than 50. We argue that these patterns could reflect “consumer discrimination” but also raise other possibilities.
AB - AbstractWe estimate gender earnings differentials among Hollywood stars. While this market should be particularly efficient in translating productivity into earnings, we demonstrate an unexplained female earnings gap of over two million dollars a film. Critically, we show that action films drive this gap. Our movie fixed effects estimate a much larger-million-dollar gap among action movies and a smaller statistically insignificant gap among other genres. Within the other genres, the one significant earnings gap is among stars older than 50. We argue that these patterns could reflect “consumer discrimination” but also raise other possibilities.
U2 - 10.1007/s10824-024-09514-0
DO - 10.1007/s10824-024-09514-0
M3 - Journal article
JO - Journal of Cultural Economics
JF - Journal of Cultural Economics
SN - 0885-2545
ER -