RT Article
T1 Equal Pay for Equal Work? Considering the Gender Gap in Illegal Pay
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 38
IS 2
SP 425
OP 458
A1 Nguyen, Holly
A2 Parker, Brandy R.
A2 Simpson, Sally S. 1954-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884549071
AB Objectives To provide quantitative attention to the correlates of the gender gap in illegal pay. Guided by the literatures on the gendered nature of offending, illegal earnings, and the gender gap in legal pay, we ask: what factors are associated with the gender gap in illegal pay? Methods We use the Delaware Decision Making Study, a sample of incarcerated offenders, to unpack the gender gap in illegal pay with the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. Results The gender gap in illegal pay is partly accounted for by criminal analogs—criminal capital and psychosocial attributes—to correlates for the gender gap in legal pay and differences in reward structures. Race also emerges as an important factor. Conclusions The disadvantage women face in the legal workforce extends to illegal markets, and our understanding about the gender gap in legal pay can be translated to criminal contexts.
K1 Stratification
K1 Criminal achievement
K1 Gender and crime
K1 Illegal earnings
DO 10.1007/s10940-021-09498-6