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ILR Impact Brief – Gender, Promotion, and Raises: Sometimes the Advantage Goes to Men

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brief_15DeVaro_Blau.pdf (87.22 KB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/73086
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Author
Blau , Francine D.
DeVaro , Jed
Abstract

Prior studies looking at gender discrimination in the workplace, in the form of promotions and/or raises, have yielded mixed results. Research focusing on promotions has found that women are promoted less often than men, more often than men, and at equal rates. Research assessing both promotions and wages, grounded in the notion that promotions signal a status change that warrants additional compensation, has also produced no consensus on outcomes. This particular study, however, used unique data on recently hired workers at a broad sample of companies that enabled the authors to control for workers’ job performance, educational attainment, and other characteristics, as well as company characteristics such as profit/not-for-profit status, industry, establishment size, and percent of the workforce covered by a union contract in order to analyze gender differences in actual and expected promotions and accompanying wage gains.

Journal / Series
Impact Brief
Description
The ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.
Date Issued
2006-12-01
Keywords
impact brief
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workforce
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women
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men
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promotion
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job
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worker
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wage
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performance
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skills
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education
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mentoring
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training
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development
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employee
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company
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education
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Required Publisher Statement: Copyright by Cornell University.
Type
newsletter

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