Chapter ID: CBB049398114

Why is there a gap in the salaries of male and female engineers? (1999)

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Recent studies have found that in the US, women earn between 71 to 74 cents for every dollar earned by men. However, such findings often do not take into account a variety of other factors that alone or together may explain much of this gap between men's and women's salaries. The article examines the gender salary gap in the occupation of engineering, in which women held 10 percent of the jobs in 1995. Using multivariate regression analysis, the authors explored various potential explanations for the salary gap in this occupation. We found that the salary gap is primarily explained by the fact that female engineers, on average, are less experienced than males.

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Authors & Contributors
Ortiz, M. T.
Adam Kirn
Rubio, D.
Jacqueline Rohde
Richards-Kortum, Rebecca
Baranowski, Mitch
Concepts
Engineering
Women in engineering
Conference proceedings
Engineers
Education, engineering
Professional qualifications; status; remuneration
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Places
United States
Spain
Canada
Institutions
WEPAN (Women in Engineering Proactive Network)
New York City Technical College
California Institute of Technology. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Michigan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
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