Do women ask for lower salaries? The supply side of the gender pay gap

We explore a new rich dataset of online asking prices from a large online job application platform in Argentina. We find that women, on average, ask for a significant 6% significant less than men, a gender ask gap that increases with the “level” of the position (proxied, alternatively, by the seni...

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Autores principales: González-Rozada, Martín, Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
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Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2024
Materias:
Mercado de Trabajo
Labor market
Empleo de las mujeres
Womens employment
Brecha salarial entre hombres y mujeres
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13058
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topic Mercado de Trabajo
Labor market
Empleo de las mujeres
Womens employment
Brecha salarial entre hombres y mujeres
spellingShingle Mercado de Trabajo
Labor market
Empleo de las mujeres
Womens employment
Brecha salarial entre hombres y mujeres
González-Rozada, Martín
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Do women ask for lower salaries? The supply side of the gender pay gap
topic_facet Mercado de Trabajo
Labor market
Empleo de las mujeres
Womens employment
Brecha salarial entre hombres y mujeres
description We explore a new rich dataset of online asking prices from a large online job application platform in Argentina. We find that women, on average, ask for a significant 6% significant less than men, a gender ask gap that increases with the “level” of the position (proxied, alternatively, by the seniority of the position and its average requested wage), virtually disappears for women in the 45-64 range, and is significantly smaller for female-dominated occupations, as measured by the female-to-male ratio.
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title Do women ask for lower salaries? The supply side of the gender pay gap
title_short Do women ask for lower salaries? The supply side of the gender pay gap
title_full Do women ask for lower salaries? The supply side of the gender pay gap
title_fullStr Do women ask for lower salaries? The supply side of the gender pay gap
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title_sort do women ask for lower salaries? the supply side of the gender pay gap
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