TY - JOUR
T1 - The gender wage gap and the moderating effect of education in public and private sector employment
AU - Stritch, Justin
AU - Villadsen, Anders Ryom
N1 - Funding Information:
Independent Research Fund Denmark (Grant no. DFF – 4003-00179)
Funding Information:
The authors contributed equally to this article. The authors thank the participants of the 2016 Academy of Management conference who provided useful feedback and input, as well as the editor and anonymous reviewers for their suggestions to improve the article. Anders Villadsen acknowledges support from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - In many countries, the rules and statutes governing public employment promote both transparency and accountability in employee hiring, promotion, and wage setting. These aspects of public employment might mitigate the pay inequalities women face in the public workplace relative to the private sector. At the same time, these formal aspects of public sector employment and payment systems might also limit the ability of women in the public sector to leverage human capital increases as a means of reducing pay inequalities. Utilizing 25 years of employee-level data from Denmark, we find that women professionals in the Danish public sector face a smaller wage penalty than their private sector counterparts. However, our findings also suggest that public employment may place structural limits on their ability to leverage educational attainment to close the gap even further.
AB - In many countries, the rules and statutes governing public employment promote both transparency and accountability in employee hiring, promotion, and wage setting. These aspects of public employment might mitigate the pay inequalities women face in the public workplace relative to the private sector. At the same time, these formal aspects of public sector employment and payment systems might also limit the ability of women in the public sector to leverage human capital increases as a means of reducing pay inequalities. Utilizing 25 years of employee-level data from Denmark, we find that women professionals in the Danish public sector face a smaller wage penalty than their private sector counterparts. However, our findings also suggest that public employment may place structural limits on their ability to leverage educational attainment to close the gap even further.
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U2 - 10.1111/padm.12533
DO - 10.1111/padm.12533
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052380233
SN - 0033-3298
VL - 96
SP - 690
EP - 706
JO - Public Administration
JF - Public Administration
IS - 4
ER -