Arbeitspapier

Gender Differences in Entry Wages and Early Career Wages

In this paper we investigate the evolution of the gender wage gap over early careers of skilled workers in Germany using administrative longitudinal data. Advantages of the data for this type of analysis are that we observe complete work and skill accumulation histories from the beginning for up to 13 years in the labour market. Descriptives show an entry wage differential of 22 percent between male and female full-time workers. The differential stays almost constant throughout the first 8 eight years in the labour market. Adopting a human capital model, we investigate the sources for the differential by the separate analysis of entry wages and early career wages.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 626

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Subject
male-female wage differentials
human capital
entry wages
work experience
Lohndifferenzierung
Berufseinstieg
Geschlecht
Frauenarbeitslohn
Erwerbsverlauf
Schätzung
Deutschland
Berufserfahrung

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kunze, Astrid
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2002

Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET

Data provider

This object is provided by:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Kunze, Astrid
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2002

Other Objects (12)