SEX DISCRIMINATION IN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: A CASE STUDY.

This article discusses a study which analyzed sex discrimination in a publishing firm. The findings revealed that the sex differential in earnings within clusters of similar jobs is greater if marriage and children variables are excluded: men receive a large payoff from being married and from having children, but women do not. On analyzing the difference, the researcher rejects a labor supply explanation and two variants of statistical discrimination, concluding that managers in the firm simply believe that married men deserve higher earnings than comparable women.