Perceived wages and the gender gap in STEM fields

Pfeifer, Gregor; Osikominu, Aderonke

Perceived wages and the gender gap in STEM fields

dc.contributor.author	Pfeifer, Gregor	de
dc.contributor.author	Osikominu, Aderonke	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:55:34Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:55:34Z
dc.date.created	2018-03-05
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	We estimate gender differences in elicited wage expectations among German Uni- versity students applying for STEM and non-STEM fields. Descriptively, women expect to earn less than men and also have lower expectations about wages of average graduates across different fields. Using a two-step estimation procedure accounting for self-selection, we find that the gender gap in own expected wages can be explained to the extent of 54-69% by wage expectations for average graduates across different fields. However, gender differences in the wage expectations for average graduates across different fields do not contribute to explaining the gender gap in the choice of STEM majors.	en
dc.identifier.swb	50038682X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6248
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-14656
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2018,03
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Gender gap	en
dc.subject	Wage expectations	en
dc.subject	College major choice	en
dc.subject	STEM	en
dc.subject.ddc	300
dc.subject.gnd	Lohn	de
dc.subject.gnd	Geschlechterforschung	de
dc.title	Perceived wages and the gender gap in STEM fields	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1465
local.series.issueNumber	2018,03
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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