Job Amenities and the Gender Pension Gap

Iris Kesternich, Marjolein Van Damme () and Han Ye

CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series from University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany

Abstract: One reason gender pay gaps persist is that women receive more of their total compensation through amenities. Since wages, but not amenities, increase retirement incomes, this may translate into gender pension gaps. Using a discrete choice experiment we investigate whether the valuation for amenities changes when the trade-off with pension income is made salient. We find that women value amenities more than men. Beliefs about the effect of wage changes on pension income do not show large gender differences. However, women change their choices much more strongly than men when reminded about the effects of current choices on pension income.

Keywords: gender; pension gap; amenities; work meaning; workplace flexibility; hypothetical choice experiment; salience; beliefs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 J16 J26 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61
Date: 2024-10
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