The gender pay gap in university student employment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21542049
AutoresPaul David Boll (0000-0003-3350-7046, University of Warwick), Lukas Mergele (0000-0003-1092-4031, Ifo Institute for Economic Research), Larissa Zierow (0000-0002-1793-9175, Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
Año2022
Volumen63
Número4
Páginas2253-2313
Fecha de publicación2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEmpirical Economics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0377-7332 • E-ISSN: 1435-8921
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s00181-021-02194-1
OpenAlexW3215281049
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas19

Gender pay gaps are commonly studied in populations with already completed educational careers. We focus on an earlier stage by investigating the gender pay gap among university students working alongside their studies. With data from five cohorts of a large-scale student survey from Germany, we use regression and wage decomposition techniques to describe gender pay gaps and potential explanations. We find that female students earn about 6% less on average than male students, which reduces to 4.1% when accounting for a rich set of explanatory variables. The largest explanatory factor is the type of jobs male and female students pursue

Demographic economics · Economics · Explanatory model · Gender gap · Gender pay gap · Geography · Labour economics · Regression analysis · Statistics · Wage · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges