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 resembles actual wage differences, prevails across...

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 resembles actual wage differences, prevails across...

Women tend to face worse outcomes than men in negotiations, and this may partially explain the observed gender wage gap. Most prior work documenting the gender earnings gap in negotiations has focused on settings in which negotiations were conducted face-to-face. Given the prevalence of...