Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Gender Wage Gap in Expectations and Realizations / A. Filippin, A. Ichino. - In: LABOUR ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0927-5371. - 12:1(2005), pp. 125-145.
Abstract:
This paper explores the extent to which the gender wage gap is anticipated
by workers’ expectations. Data collected among second year
students of Bocconi University convey information about their wage
expectations. Detailed controls allow a clean matching with a sample
of Bocconi graduates providing information about their actual wages.
The evidence shows that the gender gap implied by students’ expectations
one year after graduation is consistent with the gender gap
implied by the earnings of their elder counterparts. There is instead
a misperception of the gender gap later in the career after graduation
because students expect the gender gap to be roughly constant while
realizations indicate an increasing gap with experience, particularly
for the relatively less skilled worker. There is also evidence that the
gender gap at the beginning of a career is particularly high in the most
recent cohorts and lower in the previous ones. Finally, our results suggest
that the careers of females are characterized by “glass ceilings”
in particular at high skill levels, and by “sticky floors” at the opposite
end of the skill spectrum.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
gender wage gap, expectations
Elenco autori:
A. Filippin, A. Ichino
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