The gender pay gap in university student employment

Gender pay gaps are commonly studied in populations with already completed educational careers. We focus on an earlier stage by investigating the gender pay gap among university students working alongside their studies. With data from five cohorts of a large-scale student survey from Germany, we use...

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Published in:Empirical economics 2022-10, Vol.63 (4), p.2253-2313
Main Authors: Boll, Paul David, Mergele, Lukas, Zierow, Larissa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Earnings
Econometrics
Economic theory
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Education
Employment
Females
Finance
Gender
Gender differences
Gender pay gap
Insurance
Labor market
Management
Occupations
Short Note
Statistics for Business
University students
Wage differential
Wages & salaries
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Summary:Gender pay gaps are commonly studied in populations with already completed educational careers. We focus on an earlier stage by investigating the gender pay gap among university students working alongside their studies. With data from five cohorts of a large-scale student survey from Germany, we use regression and wage decomposition techniques to describe gender pay gaps and potential explanations. We find that female students earn about 6% less on average than male students, which reduces to 4.1% when accounting for a rich set of explanatory variables. The largest explanatory factor is the type of jobs male and female students pursue.
ISSN:0377-7332
1435-8921
DOI:10.1007/s00181-021-02194-1