The social pay gap across occupations. Survey and experimental evidence.

Autor/inn/en	Bublitz, Elisabeth; Regner, Tobias
Institution	Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut
Titel	The social pay gap across occupations. Survey and experimental evidence. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die soziale Lohnlücke zwischen Berufen. Belege aus Umfrage und Experiment.
Quelle	Hamburg (2016), 45 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	HWWI research paper. 174
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	1861-504X
Schlagwörter	Einstellung (Psy); Wahrnehmung; Zufriedenheit; Ungleichheit; Einkommensunterschied; Humankapital; Einkommensverteilung; Lohnhöhe; Arbeit; Beruf; Qualifikationsniveau; Sozialer Beruf; Gleichbehandlung
Abstract	"Receiving equal wages for work of equal value is a legal right in many countries. However, it remains unknown to what degree the neglect of this principle yields differences in pay between social and other occupations. The results of a task-based analysis with survey data confirm a notable wage penalty of 0.5 standard deviations for social occupations (e.g., health care, education). Based on these results, we design a laboratory experiment that mimics actual income distributions (Germany, USA), incorporates social occupations in the lab society, and allows for (voluntary) redistribution among subjects. The results show that, regardless of (non-)random assignment to social jobs and the level of income inequality, individuals in social jobs are only partly compensated for their social effort. A downward spiral, induced by emotional reactions, results as social effort and donations converge to a 'low' equilibrium. This suggests that a market approach fails to eliminate the social pay gap." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/4