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dc.contributor.authorGang, Ira N.en
dc.contributor.authorLandon-Lane, John S.en
dc.contributor.authorYun, Myeong-Suen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T15:49:02Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T15:49:02Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23159-
dc.description.abstractWe compare male and female upward labor income mobility in Germany and the UnitedStates using the GSOEP-PSID Cross-National Equivalent File. Our main interest is totest whether a glass ceiling exists for women. Conventional thinking about the glassceiling highlights the belief that the playing field is level for women and men in the labormarket up to a certain point, after which there is an effective limit on advancement forwomen. We examine the glass ceiling hypothesis by looking at the income dynamics ?the movement of women and men through the distribution of income over time. We findthat there is considerable evidence in favor of a glass ceiling both in Germany and theUnited States with men having approximately a 30% premium in their upward incomemobility compared to women in the upper income classes. We also find significant, butsmaller, differences at middle and low income levels for both countries.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aRutgers University, Department of Economics |cNew Brunswick, NJen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x2003-01en
dc.subject.jelD3en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelJ7en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordglass ceilingen
dc.subject.keywordmobilityen
dc.subject.keywordMarkov chainen
dc.subject.keywordincome distribution dynamicsen
dc.subject.keywordgender discriminationen
dc.subject.stwFrauenarbeitslohnen
dc.subject.stwErwerbsverlaufen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Mobilitäten
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwVereinigte Staatenen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleDoes the Glass Ceiling Exist? : A Cross-National Perspective on Gender Income Mobility-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn362924724en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:rut:rutres:200301en

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