Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/162368 
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2017
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[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 358 [Publisher:] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2017
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The gender wage gap is largely due to men and women holding different kinds of jobs. This job segregation is partly driven by gender differences in careers in corporate hierarchies. Research has shown that the careers of men and women begin to diverge immediately upon entry into the labor market and that subsequent career progress exacerbates the divergence. This divergence of career progress explains a large part of the gender wage gap. Understanding how and why the careers of men and women differ is necessary to design effective policies that can reduce the gender differences in hierarchies.
Subjects: 
promotions
gender wage gap
job assignment
JEL: 
J16
J24
J31
J62
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Article

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