Early Socialization and the Gender Wage Gap
(2021) In Working Papers- Abstract
- We study the impact of early socialization on gender inequality in the labor market. To this end, we link the gender environment in the primary-school cohort to later occupations and wages. We find that women exposed to more girls at this critical age earn more later on, leading to a reduction in the gender wage gap. We explore mechanisms and find that women exposed to a more female-dominated environment select into less gender-stereotypical occupations with higher wage potential. The gender environment at an early age, therefore, shapes career trajectories and lifetime earnings.
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- author
- Getik, Demid LU and Meier, Armando N.
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Working paper/Preprint
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Socialization, school environment, peers, occupational sorting, gender wage gap, D91, I24, I26, J16, J24, J70
- in
- Working Papers
- issue
- 2021:13
- pages
- 55 pages
- language
- English
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- yes
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- c0b72387-2dbe-4a94-88c0-d752f0bb186f
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- 2021-10-28 13:50:35
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