Naslov
Gender Wage Gaps and Gender Norms: Evidence from Recent Graduates

Autori
Ledić, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Conference Proceedings of “28th RSEP International Conference on Economics, Finance & Business” / Veysel, Kaya M. ; Chodnicka-Jaworska, Patrycja - Ankara, Türkiye : BC GRUP INC., 2022, 42-51 / Veysel, Kaya M. ; Chodnicka-Jaworska, Patrycja - Ankara, 2022, 42-42

ISBN
978-605-73146-5-9

Skup
28th RSEP International Conference on Economics, Finance & Business

Mjesto i datum
Rim, Italija, 24.11.2022. - 25.11.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
gender wage gap, decompositions, university graduates

Sažetak
While there is plenty of evidence showing persistent gender wage gaps in the general population, we know relatively little about these differentials among recent graduates. This paper provides evidence on the extent of gender wage gaps five to six years after graduation across 19 countries and on the impact of gender norms on wage gaps. To address the potential endogeneity of gender norms we exploit two different instruments: i) gender norms of older cohorts and ii) and the ratio of labor supply of potential mothers and fathers of current graduates. Although men and women work almost the same number of hours per week, on average men earn more than women across all countries in the sample. At the mean, the total gender wage gap varies from 7 log points in Belgium to 21 log points in Estonia. Even though we have controlled for a large set of characteristics, these gaps are mostly left unexplained across countries. Using the unconditional quantile decomposition we find that men earn more than women at selected quantiles of the wage distribution and in addition we find considerable heterogeneity in the size of the wage gap across countries. As the distributions of various characteristics do not differ much across gender, the wage gap along the distribution is mostly driven by the wage structure effect. We find that the wage gap is either widening at the top of the distribution (the glass ceiling effect) and/or it is widening at the bottom of the distribution (the sticky floor effect) for half of the countries in our sample. Our IV estimates indicate that cultivating non-egalitarian attitudes and holding a traditional view on the role of women in the family play an important role in explaining higher wage gaps.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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