The Gender Pay Gap and its Determinants across the Human Capital Distribution.

Autor/inn/en	Binder, Ariel J.; Eng, Amanda; Houghton, Kendall; Foote, Andrew
Institution	Center for Economic Studies (Washington, DC)
Titel	The Gender Pay Gap and its Determinants across the Human Capital Distribution. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Das geschlechtsspezifische Lohngefälle und seine Determinanten in der Humankapitalverteilung.
Quelle	Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2023), 31 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Working papers / U. S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies. 2023-31
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Frau; Determinante; Einkommensunterschied; Erwerbstätigkeit; Berufsgruppe; Erwerbstätiger; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsniveau; Studienfach; Bachelor-Studiengang; Arbeitspapier; Einflussfaktor; Geschlechtsspezifik; Hochschulabsolvent; Mann; USA
Abstract	"This paper leverages a unique linkage between American Community Survey data and postsecondary transcript records to examine how the gender pay gap, and its proximate determinants, varies across the distribution of education credentials in the 15 years following graduation. Although recent literature focuses on career disparities between the highest-educated women and men, we find evidence that the pay gap is smaller at higher education levels. Field-of-degree and occupation effects explain most of the gap among top bachelor's graduates, while labor supply and unobserved channels matter more for less-competitive bachelor's, associate's, and certificate graduates. This heterogeneity in gap levels and mechanisms is especially large in the first decade following graduation. Our results suggest that contemporary early-career gender inequality lacks a unified explanation and requires different policy interventions for different subgroups. More research is needed to understand the larger unexplained gender pay gap among less-educated individuals." The study refers to the period 2005-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1