Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20723 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1425
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study examines gender differences in the earnings of young adults in the 1980s and 1990s. We determine changes in the gender gap over time in the middle, the tails, and the variability of the earnings distribution. We employ data from two longitudinal, nationally probability samples of high school seniors: the National Longitudinal Study of high school seniors in 1972, and the High School and Beyond Study in 1980 (and the 5th and 4th followup studies respectively). We compute the average differences using effect size estimates expressed in standard deviation units. Differences in the tails and the variability are computed using number and variance ratios respectively. Adjusting for employment selection our findings reveal that once education, occupation, and marital status are taken into account gender differences in earnings (in the middle, the tails, and the variance of the earnings distribution) are eliminated. We observe similar results in gender differences for Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.
Subjects: 
gender differences in earnings
general statistical methods
JEL: 
J16
C10
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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