Subject of degree and the gender wage differential

Evidence from the UK and Germany

verfasst von

Stephen Machin, Patrick A. Puhani

Abstract

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential amongst graduates. Using data from the labour force surveys of the United Kingdom and Germany, we find similar results in these two countries: Subject of degree explains about 2-4% higher wages of male over female graduates after controlling for age, industry, region, part-time and public sector employment. This is a significant part (between 8 and 20%) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage equations (at around 24-30% of the explained component).

Externe Organisation(en)

University College London (UCL)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Universität St. Gallen (HSG)
University of Michigan

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Economics letters

Band

79

Seiten

393-400

Anzahl der Seiten

8

ISSN

0165-1765

Publikationsdatum

01.06.2003

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Finanzwesen, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 5 – Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00027-2 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp553 (Zugang: Offen)