Gender Differences in Employment and Earnings in Science and Engineering in the US

Autor/inn/en	Graham, J.W.; Smith, S.A.
Titel	Gender Differences in Employment and Earnings in Science and Engineering in the US
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 24 (2005) 3, S.341-354 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.06.005
Schlagwörter	Gender Discrimination; Occupational Information; College Graduates; Work Experience; Gender Differences; Engineering; Salary Wage Differentials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsinformation; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Maschinenbau
Abstract	College-educated women are less than half as likely as men to be employed in science and engineering (S&E); and if they are, earn about 20 percent less. Using data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates, we estimate jointly, determinants of S&E employment and earnings in both S&E and non-S&E jobs. Taking account of gender differences in education (including S&E degrees), work experience and occupational characteristics, we can explain 60 percent of the gender differential in S&E employment and up to two-thirds of the earnings differential in S&E jobs. We find some evidence of gender earnings discrimination in S&E jobs, but less of it than in non-S&E jobs. We also show that the likelihood a worker selects S&E employment depends on her expected pay differential between S&E and non-S&E jobs, as well as on expected gender earnings discrimination in both S&E and non-S&E labor markets. (Author).
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