Replication data for: Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Lawrence F. Katz; Claudia Goldin; Marianne Bertrand

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Project Description

Summary: The careers of MBAs from a top US business school are studied to understand how career dynamics differ by gender. Although male and female MBAs have nearly identical earnings at the outset of their careers, their earnings soon diverge, with the male earnings advantage reaching almost 60 log points a decade after MBA completion. Three proximate factors account for the large and rising gender gap in earnings: differences in training prior to MBA graduation, differences in career interruptions, and differences in weekly hours. The greater career discontinuity and shorter work hours for female MBAs are largely associated with motherhood. (JEL J16, J22, J31, J44)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J31 Wage Level and Structure • Wage Differentials
      J16 Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
      J44 Professional Labor Markets • Occupational Licensing

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V1 [2019-08-03]

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