%T Probing the effects of the Australian system of minimum wages on the gender wage gap %A Barbara Broadway %A Roger Wilkins %I Melbourne Institute %D 2017 %K Wages, %K Gender gap, %K Gender differences, %K Industrial relations %U https://apo.org.au/node/121686 %X The complex system of occupation and industry-specific minimum wages has the potential to close the gender wage gap by ensuring equal minimum pay for equal jobs, but it also has the potential to widen it by discriminating against jobs more commonly held by women. %9 Working paper