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Title: Access to Supervisory Jobs and the Gender Wage Gap among Professionals
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1. Mitra, Aparna
Access to Supervisory Jobs and the Gender Wage Gap among Professionals
Journal of Economic Issues 37,4 (December 2003): 1023-1044.
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Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE)
Keyword(s): Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Discrimination, Age; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Discrimination, Sex; Education; Human Capital; Job Tenure; Marital Status; Modeling, Logit; Occupational Choice; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Wage Differentials; Wage Levels; Wages, Men; Wages, Women

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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1998), this paper analyzes the allocation of supervisory positions and earnings of men and women in professional jobs. The results show that women are less likely than men to hold supervisory positions even after controlling for detailed worker and job characteristics. Professional women earn marginally higher wages associated with supervisory duties, and significant gender wage gap exists among all supervisors. However, among supervisors who hold authority positions, women earn substantially higher wages and the gender wage gap is significantly reduced. Human capital variables explain very little of the gender wage differential among supervisors. Additionally, employment in large firms enhances the earnings of male supervisors but has no impact on women's career and earnings.
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Mitra, Aparna. "Access to Supervisory Jobs and the Gender Wage Gap among Professionals." Journal of Economic Issues 37,4 (December 2003): 1023-1044.