The Expanding Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from the LEHD-2000 Census | Zendy

Claudia Goldin | Zendy; Sari Pekkala Kerr | Zendy; Claudia Olivetti | Zendy; Erling Barth | Zendy

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The Expanding Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from the LEHD-2000 Census

Author(s) -

Claudia Goldin,

Sari Pekkala Kerr,

Claudia Olivetti,

Erling Barth

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

american economic review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936

H-Index - 297

eISSN - 1944-7981

pISSN - 0002-8282

DOI - 10.1257/aer.p20171065

Subject(s) - census , earnings , statistic , demographic economics , gender gap , differential (mechanical device) , demography , geography , business , economics , sociology , accounting , population , statistics , engineering , mathematics , aerospace engineering

The gender earnings gap is an expanding statistic over the lifecycle. We use the LEHD Census 2000 to understand the roles of industry, occupation, and establishment 14 years after leaving school. The gap for college graduates 26 to 39 years old expands by 34 log points, most occurring in the first 7 years. About 44 percent is due to disproportionate shifts by men into higher-earning positions, industries, and firms and about 56 percent to differential advances by gender within firms. Widening is greater for married individuals and for those in certain sectors. Non-college graduates experience less widening but with similar patterns.

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