Gender gaps in STEM in Japanese academia

The impact of research productivity, outside offers, and home life on pay

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12006403
AutoresAna Maria Takahashi (0000-0003-0858-0807, Kobe University, Graduate School of Economics, Rokkodai-cho 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-0013, Japan), Shingo Takahashi (0000-0002-4666-2857, Hiroshima University, IDEC, 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8529, Japan, autor de correspondencia), Thomas N Maloney (0000-0001-8231-9936, University of Utah, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen55
Número3
Páginas245-272
Fecha de publicación2018-04-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/j.soscij.2018.02.013
OpenAlexW2795783190
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas35

To understand differences in labor market outcomes between genders, economists must examine a complex array of potentially significant factors, such as institutional context, productivity differences, child-bearing and home production, and bargaining behavior. Many of these factors are not well captured by standard data sources. We use a new survey of academics in Japan to better understand the sources of gender pay differences. We find a 6% pay gap which persists when we control for research productivity, despite an institutional context shaped by explicit salary tables. We do not find a motherhood wage penalty, and the gender salary we document is not affected by differences in outside job offers

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Productivity · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Marketing