What was the impact of the introduction of the national minimum wage on gender pay gaps? Since the implementation of the Equal Pay Act in Britain in 1975, male and female wage rates have gradually drawn closer to each other, although there remains an overall gender pay gap of around 20 percent (see amongst others, Harkness (1996) and Manning and Robinson (1998) for evidence of this for the UK, and Blau and Kahn (1992) for similar evidence for the US). Harkness (1996) estimates that around half of the decline in the overall gender gap since the mid-seventies is a result of increased educational attainment and work experience amongst women. Makepeace, Paci, Joshi and Dolton (1999) also find clear increases in the amount of work experience and the length of job tenure in recent cohorts of British women.
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机译：实行国家最低工资对性别薪酬差距有何影响？自1975年英国实施《同工同酬法》以来，男女工资率逐渐接近，尽管总体性别工资差距仍然约为20％（参见Harkness（1996）和Manning and Robinson（1998）为英国提供了证据，Blau and Kahn（1992）为美国提供了类似证据。 Harkness（1996）估计，自七十年代中期以来，总体性别差距下降的一半左右是女性受教育程度和工作经验增加的结果。 Makepeace，Paci，Joshi和Dolton（1999）也发现，在最近一批英国女性中，工作经验的数量和任职期限的增加明显。
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