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Title: Gender Gap in Earnings at Career Entry: Racial and Ethnic Variation
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Fan, Pi-Ling Marini, Margaret Mooney |
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Gender Gap in Earnings at Career Entry: Racial and Ethnic Variation Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Ethnic Differences; Family Influences; Gender Differences; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market Demographics; Occupational Aspirations; Occupational Choice; Racial Differences; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines gender differences in the process of wage attainment at entry into the U.S. labor force across racial and ethnic groups. We define career entry as entry into the first full-time civilian job held after first leaving full-time education in order to exclude short-term and partial attachments to the labor force during the schooling process. We examine the gender gap in earnings at career entry and evaluate alternative explanations of the wage gap at that point. In addition to traditional measures of human capital, we consider the effects of work and family aspirations, family structure, and access to job-relevant information. We also consider the extent to which occupational and industrial placement is not attributable to the measured characteristics of individuals and may therefore represent the effect of differential treatment by employers. The analysis is carried out using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. We analyze data collected from 1979 to 1991 for the noninstitutionalized civilian U.S. population of youth. For individuals, we merge characteristics of occupations and industries from other sources. Our findings show that gender differences in human capital, occupational aspirations, and occupational and industrial placement all play an important role in explanation of the gender gap in earnings. However, the relative importance of alternative explanatory mechanisms varies for racial and ethnic groups. |
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Fan, Pi-Ling and Margaret Mooney Marini. "Gender Gap in Earnings at Career Entry: Racial and Ethnic Variation." Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995. |