The gender gap in the wage sensitivity of job transitions: a decomposition analysis

Céline Detilleux and Nick Deschacht
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Céline Detilleux: Department of Economics, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium
Nick Deschacht: Department of Economics, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2024, vol. 58, Article 26

Abstract: "Previous research shows that female workers are less sensitive to wages in their decision to switch jobs than male workers, and that this could explain a substantial part of the gender wage gap. This paper studies to what extent gender differences in preferences and personality traits explain the gender gap in the wage-elasticity of job-to-job transitions in the labor market. Using a novel decomposition approach in the context of mediated moderation and using German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (G-SOEP) data for the period 2005–2019, we find that gender differences in risk preferences, patience, trust, reciprocity, altruism, conscientiousness, ambition and self-esteem explain about 25% of the gender gap in wage-elasticities of job separations. A detailed decomposition suggests that risk preferences, trust and ambition contribute most to this gender gap in wage-elasticity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Aufstiegsmotivation; Auswirkungen; Determinanten; Einkommenserwartung; erwerbstätige Frauen; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Lohnelastizität; Lohnhöhe; Lohnunterschied; Monopson; Persönlichkeitsmerkmale; Präferenz; Risikobereitschaft; Selbstbewusstsein; soziale Einstellungen; Vertrauen; Arbeitsplatzwechsel; 2005-2019 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-12
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