Women at work: Women's access to power and the gender earnings gap

Using a unique sample of 5,022 workers in 94 large German workplaces, the authors explore whether and how women’s access to higher level positions, firms’ human resources practices, and workers’ qualification levels are associated with gender differences in earnings. First, they find that having mor...

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Published in:Industrial & labor relations review 2017, Vol.70 (1), p.190-222
Main Authors: Abendroth, Anja-Kristin, Melzer, Silvia Maja, Kalev, Alexandra, Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beruflicher Aufstieg
Einkommensunterschied
Erwerbstätigkeit
Frau
Führungskraft
Gender differences
Gender differentiation
Gender equity
Gender pay gap
Germany
Geschlechterverteilung
Geschlechtsspezifik
Großunternehmen
Human resource management
Human resources
Humankapital
IAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatz
Mann
Occupational roles
Personnel management
Qualifications
Qualifikationsniveau
Sex differences
Sex roles
Social privilege
Studies
Women
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Summary:Using a unique sample of 5,022 workers in 94 large German workplaces, the authors explore whether and how women’s access to higher level positions, firms’ human resources practices, and workers’ qualification levels are associated with gender differences in earnings. First, they find that having more women in management reduces the gender earnings gap for jobs with low qualifications, but not those with high qualifications. Second, they find that while men’s compensation is positively affected by having a male supervisor, women with a female supervisor do not receive such an advantage. Finally, they find that human resources practices and job-level qualifications moderate the association between gendered power and gender earnings inequalities. Integrating women into managerial and supervisory roles does not automatically reduce gender inequalities; its impacts are contingent on organizational context.
ISSN:0019-7939
2162-271X
DOI:10.1177/0019793916668530