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Motivation, Expectations and the Gender Pay Gap for UK Graduates

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dc.creator Chevalier, Arnaud
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:04Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:04Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20336
dc.identifier ppn:384783368
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20336
dc.description 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.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1101
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J29
dc.subject J13
dc.subject J16
dc.subject J70
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject gender wage gap
dc.subject attitude
dc.subject Lohndifferenzierung
dc.subject Geschlecht
dc.subject Frauenarbeitslohn
dc.subject Akademische Berufe
dc.subject Leistungsmotivation
dc.subject Erwartungstheorie
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Grossbritannien
dc.title Motivation, Expectations and the Gender Pay Gap for UK Graduates
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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