Poorly paid jobs or study fields? Gender pay gap of tertiary-educated employees in contemporary European labour markets

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F22%3A00126783" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/22:00126783 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/865962" target="_blank" >https://muse.jhu.edu/article/865962</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/prv.2022.0008" target="_blank" >10.1353/prv.2022.0008</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Poorly paid jobs or study fields? Gender pay gap of tertiary-educated employees in contemporary European labour markets

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article examines the reasons for gender-based income inequalities of tertiary-educated people in European labour markets. In the 50 years since the adoption of the anti-discrimination law in many countries, several explanations for gender-based income inequalities have been proposed. Following a literature review, the author presents two hypotheses concerning the lower female income. Even after two massive expansions of the tertiary level of education, there are still male- and female-dominated fields of study. Hence, the first hypothesis suggests that women tend to enrol in less lucrative study fields. The second hypothesis proposes that women – regardless of their university study field – tend to work in less lucrative occupations. Using data from the European Union Labour Force Survey 2016 for 28 member countries, the author first confirms that women are structurally selected to different parts of the education system (i.e., different fields of study), and to different occupations. In the second part of the analysis, the author tests both hypotheses: gender segregation in the field of study has no negative impact on income, but the gender segregation of the occupation strongly impacts income. Therefore, the author rejects the first hypothesis, supports the second hypothesis, and concludes that – in contemporary European societies – income differences arise not in the education system but in the labour market.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Poorly paid jobs or study fields? Gender pay gap of tertiary-educated employees in contemporary European labour markets

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article examines the reasons for gender-based income inequalities of tertiary-educated people in European labour markets. In the 50 years since the adoption of the anti-discrimination law in many countries, several explanations for gender-based income inequalities have been proposed. Following a literature review, the author presents two hypotheses concerning the lower female income. Even after two massive expansions of the tertiary level of education, there are still male- and female-dominated fields of study. Hence, the first hypothesis suggests that women tend to enrol in less lucrative study fields. The second hypothesis proposes that women – regardless of their university study field – tend to work in less lucrative occupations. Using data from the European Union Labour Force Survey 2016 for 28 member countries, the author first confirms that women are structurally selected to different parts of the education system (i.e., different fields of study), and to different occupations. In the second part of the analysis, the author tests both hypotheses: gender segregation in the field of study has no negative impact on income, but the gender segregation of the occupation strongly impacts income. Therefore, the author rejects the first hypothesis, supports the second hypothesis, and concludes that – in contemporary European societies – income differences arise not in the education system but in the labour market.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Population Review

ISSN

0032-471X

e-ISSN

1549-0955

Svazek periodika

61

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

55-71

Kód UT WoS článku

000965925700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85139030476