Replication data for: The Expanding Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from the LEHD-2000 Census

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Claudia Goldin; Sari Pekkala Kerr; Claudia Olivetti; Erling Barth

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Project Citation:

Goldin, Claudia, Kerr, Sari Pekkala, Olivetti, Claudia, and Barth, Erling. Replication data for: The Expanding Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from the LEHD-2000 Census. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113512V1

Project Description

Summary: The gender earnings gap is an expanding statistic over the lifecycle. We use the LEHD Census 2000 to understand the roles of industry, occupation, and establishment 14 years after leaving school. The gap for college graduates 26 to 39 years old expands by 34 log points, most occurring in the first 7 years. About 44 percent is due to disproportionate shifts by men into higher-earning positions, industries, and firms and about 56 percent to differential advances by gender within firms. Widening is greater for married individuals and for those in certain sectors. Non-college graduates experience less widening but with similar patterns.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J71 Labor Discrimination

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