The gender gap in earnings growth at the early stage of work careers in Korea

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI:10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100979

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Abstract

Previous research analyzing Western societies reported no gender gap in earnings growth after accounting for initial job allocation, attributing the widening gender gap in mid-career to the impact of family formation. This pattern is often referred to as the “last chapter” of gender inequality, but there is no consensus that this phenomenon is universal or place-specific. The applicability of these findings to non-Western contexts remains unclear. This study examines the gender gap in earnings growth in a non-Western advanced economy, South Korea, net of initial job assignment and factors related to family formation. The 2008–2010 Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey is used and the gender differences in job allocation and family formation are balanced with the application of the inverse probability of treatment weights. The results of individual-fixed effects models show that college-educated women in Korea face lower earnings growth and lower promotion prospects than their male counterparts. The magnitude and mechanisms of this female disadvantage vary across labor market sectors. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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韩国职业生涯初期收入增长的性别差距

以往分析西方社会的研究报告称，在考虑了最初的工作分配后，男女在收入增长方面没有差距，并将职业生涯中期性别差距的扩大归因于组建家庭的影响。这种模式通常被称为性别不平等的 "最后一章"，但对于这种现象是普遍现象还是地方特有现象，并没有达成共识。这些发现是否适用于非西方国家仍不清楚。本研究考察了韩国这一非西方发达经济体在收入增长方面的性别差距，并扣除了初始工作分配和与组建家庭相关的因素。研究使用了 2008-2010 年毕业生职业流动性调查的数据，并通过逆概率处理加权法平衡了工作分配和家庭形成方面的性别差异。个人固定效应模型的结果显示，与男性相比，韩国受过大学教育的女性面临较低的收入增长和晋升前景。这种女性劣势的程度和机制因劳动力市场部门而异。本文讨论了这些发现的影响。

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Research in Social Stratification and Mobility SOCIOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The study of social inequality is and has been one of the central preoccupations of social scientists. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility is dedicated to publishing the highest, most innovative research on issues of social inequality from a broad diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives. The journal is also dedicated to cutting edge summaries of prior research and fruitful exchanges that will stimulate future research on issues of social inequality. The study of social inequality is and has been one of the central preoccupations of social scientists.