Unequal assignment and unequal promotion in job ladders

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: WinterEbmer, R; Zweimuller, J
• 署名单位: Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209846
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 43-71
• 关键词: wage differentials; affirmative-action; occupational segregation; labor-markets; DISCRIMINATION; sex; EMPLOYMENT; POLICY; women

摘要

In this study gender differentials in professional status attainment are analyzed. In the theoretical literature, unequal treatment of females is often rationalized by their higher probability of quitting. To test this hypothesis empirically we use data from the Austrian microcensus and find that neither the risk of childbearing nor different productive characteristics can explain the crowding of females in lower hierarchical positions. Females have to fulfill higher ability standards to be promoted; work experience is not rewarded in the same manner as it is for men.