Table 6.

Models of the Gender Earnings Gap (wife’s earnings less husband’s earnings)

Variable	United States		Great Britain
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Child Born This Year	2,063.10**	822.37	1,177.61**	266.65
	(3.59)	(1.16)	(2.63)	(0.62)
Number of Children	–8,661.58**	–6,663.77**	–4,132.22**	–2,738.47**
	(21.36)	(13.10)	(13.10)	(7.56)
Age of Youngest Child	–63.62	–29.12	46.22	7.43
	(0.91)	(0.34)	(1.12)	(0.17)
Moved This Year	564.59	109.70	–376.53	–125.59
	(0.47)	(0.08)	(0.35)	(0.11)
Number of Previous Moves	–5,469.86**	–4,859.33**	–1,873.08*	–1,094.16
	(8.79)	(6.64)	(2.32)	(1.33)
Years Since Last Move	–1,216.16**	–1,244.35**	–561.98**	–552.17**
	(6.80)	(6.32)	(2.70)	(2.63)
Age	–671.61	2,819.41**	–1,361.56**	4,112.07**
	(1.26)	(3.30)	(3.13)	(6.38)
Age, Squared	–2.11	–44.61**	15.00**	–42.50**
	(0.55)	(4.99)	(6.11)	(7.85)
Employed Part-Time Last Year		9,454.81**		1,739.26**
		(13.92)		(4.56)
Employed Full-Time Last Year		17,863.74**		6,567.03**
		(22.00)		(13.11)
Years of Education		878.15		268.60
		(1.45)		(1.34)
Spouse’s Age		–3,113.24**		–4,994.47**
		(3.93)		(7.59)
Spouse’s Age, Squared		27.35**		62.59**
		(3.23)		(11.67)
Spouse Employed Part-Time Last Year		–10,813.42**		–630.84
		(7.52)		(1.18)
Spouse Employed Full-Time Last Year		–17,562.46**		–6,369.79**
		(12.38)		(11.99)
Spouse’s Years of Education		–807.27		361.69
		(1.45)		(1.91)
Constant	17,118.91	26,587.86	24,903.42	–16,997.42
	(0.87)	(0.80)	(1.43)	(0.69)
Number of Person-Years	37,970	27,891	19,772	12,380
Number of Persons	6,080	3,962	4,337	2,921
R2	.13	.17	.03	.10

Notes: Absolute values of t statistics are in parentheses. Parameters for yearly dummy variables are not shown but are available upon request.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01