Data and code for "Is the Gender Pay Gap Largest at the Top?"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ariel Binder, U.S. Census Bureau; Amanda Eng, U.S. Census Bureau; Kendall Houghton, U.S. Census Bureau; Andrew Foote, U.S. Census Bureau

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Project Description

Summary: Is the gender pay gap largest at the top? No: it is at least as large at bottom percentiles of the earnings distribution. Conditional quantile regressions reveal that while the gap at top percentiles is largest among the most-educated, the gap at bottom percentiles is largest among the least-educated. Gender differences in work hours create more pay inequality among the least-educated than they do among the most-educated. The pay gap has declined throughout the distribution since 2006, but it declined more for the most-educated women. Current economics-of-gender research focuses heavily on the top end; equal emphasis should be placed on mechanisms driving gender inequality for noncollege-educated workers.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I24 Education and Inequality
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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