Arbeitspapier

The Evolution of the Early Career Gender Wage Gap

In this paper we investigate when the male-female wage differential arises: Does it evolve over the early career or does it exist right from entry into first employment onwards? For the analysis we use new administrative longitudinal data and focus on the early careers of skilled workers in Germany. We adopt a simple human capital theory approach. Advantages of the data for this type of analysis are that we observe complete work and wage histories, and that we observe workers' skills. Regarding entry wages we find a gap of approximately 25 percent. For the early career, i.e. up to eight years of work experience, the differential stays almost constant at this high level. We find that differences in the apprenticeship training occupation explain the main part of this gap and seem to lead to a permanent wage disadvantage throughout the early career.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 436

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Subject
Male-female wage differentials
human capital
early career
sample selection
occupation
apprenticeship training
Lohndifferenzierung
Geschlecht
Berufseinstieg
Schätzung
Facharbeiter
Deutschland

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

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  • Arbeitspapier

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

Time of origin

  • 2002

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