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Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsGender gaps in early wage expectations
Leibing, Andreas; Peter, Frauke; Wraights, Sevrin; Spieß, C. Katharina (2023)
Economics of Education Review 94 102398
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102398
Using detailed data from a unique survey of high school graduates in Germany, we document a gender gap in expected full-time earnings of more than 15%. We decompose this early gender gap and find that especially differences in coefficients help explain different expectations. In particular, the effects of having time for family as career motive and being first-generation college student are associated with large penalties in female wage expectations exclusively. This is especially true for higher expected career paths. Resulting expected returns to education are associated with college enrollment of women and could thus entrench subsequent gaps in realized earnings.