Gender Wage Disparities among the Highly Educated

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 2008
Volume: 43
Issue: 3

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We examine gender wage disparities for four groups of college-educated women—black, Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic white—using the National Survey of College Graduates. Raw log wage gaps, relative to non-Hispanic white male counterparts, generally exceed –0.30. Estimated gaps decline to between –0.08 and –0.19 in nonparametric analyses that (1) restrict attention to individuals who speak English at home and (2) match individuals on age, highest degree, and major. Among women with work experience comparable to men’s, these estimated gaps are smaller yet—between –0.004 and –0.13. Importantly, we find that inferences from familiar regression-based decompositions can be quite misleading.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:43:y:2008:i:3:p:630-659
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-24