Gender differences in wage growth and job mobility

An examination is made of the extent to which differences in job mobility, returns to job mobility, and the characteristics of the jobs men and women in the US hold can account for the differences between men's and women's wage growth. In the sample of mainly full-time workers studied, wom...

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Published in:The American economic review 1992-05, Vol.82 (2), p.526-532
Main Author: Loprest, P.J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annual wages
Causes
Comparative studies
Economic models
employed women
Employment
Gender and Labor-Market Outcomes
Gender differences
Gender differentiation
Job change
Job mobility
labor market
Labor markets
labor mobility
Men
Occupational mobility
Occupations
Sexes
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Wage differential
wage rates
Wages
Wages & salaries
Women
Workforce
Working women
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Summary:An examination is made of the extent to which differences in job mobility, returns to job mobility, and the characteristics of the jobs men and women in the US hold can account for the differences between men's and women's wage growth. In the sample of mainly full-time workers studied, women have on average 19% lower annual wage growth than men. Further analysis shows that this difference can be attributed largely to differences in wage growth when changing jobs. Men and women have similar rates of job mobility and wage growth in years without job change. However, women have on average less than 50% of the wage growth of men when changing jobs. Although there are large differences in the characteristics of the jobs men and women change to, hours and occupation differences account for only a limited amount of the difference in wage growth with job change. Changing from full-time to part-time jobs accounts for approximately 20% of the difference, while differences in occupation transitions are unable to account for any of the difference in wage growth.
ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981