The Role of Gender and Sector in Promotion and Pay Over a Career

Addison, J.; Ozturk, O.; Wang, S.

Abstract

Using data from the NLSY79, this paper considers the role of gender in promotion and promotion-related earnings development over the course of a career. The raw data suggest reasonably favorable promotion outcomes for females over a career, but any such advantages are found to be confined to less educated females. Further, the strong returns to education in later career stemming from promotion-related earnings growth accrue solely to males. While consistent with fertility timing and choice on the part of educated females, this earnings result is not inconsistent with discrimination as well, reminiscent of findings from an earlier human capital literature.

Citation

Addison, J., Ozturk, O., & Wang, S. (2014). The Role of Gender and Sector in Promotion and Pay Over a Career. Journal of Human Capital, 8(3), 280-317. https://doi.org/10.1086/677942

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Nov 28, 2014
• Journal: Journal of Human Capital
• Print ISSN: 1932-8575
• Electronic ISSN: 1932-8664
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 280-317
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/677942
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1441006