Climbing the Job Ladder: New Evidence of Gender Inequity

An explanation for the gender wage gap is that women are less able or less willing to 'climb the job ladder.' However, the empirical evidence on gender differences in job mobility has been mixed. Focusing on a subsample of younger, university-educated workers from an Australian longitudinal survey, we find strong evidence that the dynamics of promotions and employer changes worsen women's labour market position.

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Year of publication:	2011-09
Authors:	Johnston, David W. ; Lee, Wang-Sheng
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	wage gap \| job changes \| promotions \| gender

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	forthcoming in: Industrial Relations, 2012 Number 5970 30 pages
Classification:	J16 - Economics of Gender ; J33 - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; J71 - Discrimination
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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