Gender pay gaps among highly educated professionals — Compensation components do matter

B-Tier
Journal: Labour Economics
Year: 2015
Volume: 34
Issue: C
Pages: 118-126

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

Making use of panel data from a survey of highly educated professionals, gender pay gaps are explored with regard to total compensation as well as to individual compensation components. The results indicate meaningful male–female wage differentials for this quite homogeneous group of people working in one specific industry: in particular for more experienced employees in higher positions of firm hierarchies with children. Gender pay gaps are much more pronounced for bonus payments than they are for fixed salaries.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:labeco:v:34:y:2015:i:c:p:118-126
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25