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Gender Differences in Sorting
Author(s) -
Merlino Luca Paolo,
Parrotta Pierpaolo,
Pozzoli Dario
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12216
Subject(s) - danish , sorting , wage , demographic economics , labour economics , gender bias , gender gap , business , psychology , economics , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , programming language
In this paper, we investigate gender differences in workers’ career development within and outside the firm to explain the existence of gender wage gaps. Using Danish employer–employee matched data, we find that good female workers are more likely to move to better firms than men but are less likely to be promoted. Furthermore, these differences in career advancement widen after the first child is born. Our findings suggest that career impediments in certain firms cause the most productive female workers to seek better jobs in firms in which there is less gender bias.