Gender gaps in early wage expectations |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Urban Institute, 500 L''Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States;2. Department of Economics, Georgia Southern University, United States;1. The Bush School of Government and Public Service, 4220 TAMU, 2088 Allen Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, USA;2. Amazon Inc., 320 Westlake Avenue N., Seattle, WA, 98109, and Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), USA;3. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;4. Center for Education Policy Analysis, Stanford University, 520 Galvez Mall, CERAS Building 5th Floor, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA;5. ParentPowered Public Benefit Corporation, USA;1. George Washington University and NBER, United States;2. Naval Postgraduate School, United States;1. City University of New York, USA;2. George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, USA;3. Vanderbilt University and NBER, USA;1. VIVE—The Danish Center for Social Science Research, Herluf Trolles Gade 11, København K 1052, Denmark and IZA Institute of Labor Economics;2. Department of Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States and IZA Institute of Labor Economics;3. Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;4. Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis, Kennesaw State University, United States;2. Department of Economics & Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri, United States;3. Department of Economics, University of Missouri, United States |
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| Abstract: | Using detailed data from a unique survey of high school graduates in Germany, we document a gender gap in expected full-time earnings of more than 15%. We decompose this early gender gap and find that especially differences in coefficients help explain different expectations. In particular, the effects of having time for family as career motive and being first-generation college student are associated with large penalties in female wage expectations exclusively. This is especially true for higher expected career paths. Resulting expected returns to education are associated with college enrollment of women and could thus entrench subsequent gaps in realized earnings. |
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| Keywords: | Wage expectations Gender gap College enrollment |
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