Kiessling, Lukas; Pinger, Pia; Seegers, Philipp; … - 2019
This paper presents evidence from a large-scale study on gender differences in expected wages before labor market entry …. Based on data for over 15,000 students, we document a significant and large gender gap in wage expectations that closely … causes and determinants, we relate expected wages to sorting into majors, industries, and occupations, child-rearing plans …