Income Differences Between Men and Career Women

Gender and Achievement: The Early Careers of College Graduates

“…Unlike all previous research which assesses gender differences in SES achievement for samples of the general population or of high school students (Alexander and Eckland, 1974;Featherman and Häuser, 1976;McClendon, 1976;Sewel andShah, 1967 andSuter and Miller, 1973;Treiman and Terrell, 1975), this study extends and replicates earlier reports by Davis (1964a) and Spaeth (1968; of the National Opinion Research Center's (N.O.R.C.) longitudinal study of June, 1961 college graduates.…”

“…Average number of hours worked weekly for respondents' 1964 job was smaller for women than men graduates. A part of the male/female income gap in 1968 probably results from male/female differences in years of work experience since graduation and/or number of hours worked weekly for 1968 job (Suter and Miller, 1973;Treiman and Terrell, 1975).…”

Why Is There a Gender Wage Gap According to Occupational Prestige?

“…The gender difference in occupational prestige is quite small (for a review, see Warren et al, 1998), studies having shown that prestige does not account for much of the gender wage gap (Suter and Miller, 1973;Magnusson, 2009). However, the wage return to occupational prestige is higher for men than for women.…”

Sexual inequality in the workplace: An employer-specific analysis of pay differences

“…These residual disparities are, in turn, largely attributable to malefemale differences in earnings structures, with men benefiting from higher rates of return to units of human capital. These patterns have been established repeaded1y by research pertaining both to the labor market as a whole and to occupation-constant groups of men and women (Suter and Miller, 1973;Treiman and Terrell, 1975;Featherman and Hauser, 1976). What such research has not shown and what remains uncertain are the sources of structurally induced earnings differences.…”