In search of the glass ceiling: Gender and earnings growth among U.S. college graduates in the 1990s.

Autor/in	Weinberger, Catherine J.
Titel	In search of the glass ceiling: Gender and earnings growth among U.S. college graduates in the 1990s. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Auf der Suche nach der Glasdecke: Geschlecht und Verdienstwachstum von Collegeabsolventen der USA in den 1990er Jahren.
Quelle	In: ILR review, 64 (2011) 5, S. 949-980 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0019-7939; 2162-271X
DOI	10.1177/001979391106400506
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Frau; College; Einkommensunterschied; Lohnentwicklung; Lohnhöhe; Geschlechtsspezifik; Hochschulabsolvent; Junger Erwachsener; Mann; USA
Abstract	"Gender-typical educational choices and the 'glass ceiling' are widely believed to explain why older women earn far less than observably similar men. Using large panels drawn from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Survey of College Graduates and other data representative of U.S. college graduates from the 1990s, the author documents the small role of personal choices and finds evidence contrary to the predictions of both human capital and discrimination models. Rather than the differential wage growth rates predicted by these models, she finds similar average rates of earnings growth for women and men across numerous specifications, which suggests that the gender gap in earnings is determined by factors already present early in the career. Her findings reveal slower earnings growth in only two subsets of women: young mothers, who experience slower earnings growth during the early career relative to men the same age, but then compensate with faster growth later in their careers; and women with exceptionally high earnings levels. The latter are underrepresented among workers winning the largest promotions, when compared to similarly successful men the same age, and face a glass ceiling at the very top of the career ladder." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1989 bis 1999.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2