Arbeitspapier

Motivation, Expectations and the Gender Pay Gap for UK Graduates

Focussing on recent UK graduates, a wage gap of 12% is found. The unexplained component of the gap is small and a large fraction of the gap can be explained by subject choice, job characteristics, motivation and expectation variables. Motivation and expectations account for 44% of the explained gap, thus most studies over-estimate the unexplained component of the gender wage gap. Following stereotypes, women tend to be more altruistic and less career oriented than men, character traits that are less rewarded by employers. The principal component of the gender wage gap is expectations about childrearing. These conservative attitudes affect women?s wages even at an early stage of their career. Without a change in attitude, the gender wage gap is likely to remain.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1101

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination: Other
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Discrimination: General
Thema
gender wage gap
attitude
Lohndifferenzierung
Geschlecht
Frauenarbeitslohn
Akademische Berufe
Leistungsmotivation
Erwartungstheorie
Schätzung
Grossbritannien

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chevalier, Arnaud
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2004

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Chevalier, Arnaud
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2004

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