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Gender Differences in Executive Compensation and Job Mobility

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Fewer women than men become executive managers. They earn less over their careers, hold more junior positions, and exit the occupation at a faster rate. We compiled a large panel data set on executives and formed a career hierarchy to analyze mobility and compensation. We find, controlling for executive rank and background, that women earn higher compensation than men, experience more income uncertainty, and are promoted more quickly. Among survivors, being female increases the chance of becoming chief executive officer. The unconditional gender pay gap and job-rank differences are primarily attributable to female executives exiting the occupation at higher rates than men.

Source: Journal of Labor Economics

DOI: 10.1086/666615

Authors: George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan, Robert A. Miller

Institutions: Washington University in St. Louis, Carnegie Mellon University

Language: English

Topic: Gender Diversity and Inequality

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2215739503

FWCI: 22.78

Cites: 39

Cited by: 194

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