Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?

This article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching algorithm to construc...

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Autores: Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa, Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/21733
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21733
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender Wage Gap
Management Positions
Top Wages
Workfamily Policies
University Graduates
Brecha salarial de género
Puestos directivos
Salarios altos
Políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar
Titulados universitarios
53 Ciencias Económicas
6307.03 Política Social
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spelling Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?Brechas de género en salarios y puestos directivos: ¿contribuyen las políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar a alcanzar la igualdad de género entre los titulados universitarios europeos?Herrarte Sánchez, AinhoaBellido Gómez-Salcedo, FernandoGender Wage GapManagement PositionsTop WagesWorkfamily PoliciesUniversity GraduatesBrecha salarial de géneroPuestos directivosSalarios altosPolíticas de conciliación laboral y familiarTitulados universitarios53 Ciencias Económicas6307.03 Política SocialThis article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching algorithm to construct a balanced sample of women and men with the same academic characteristics (field of study, internships, and academic achievement, among others). The analysis reveals that the academic program characteristics play a relevant role in labor market outcomes as the gender gaps diminish when controlling for academic features. We find that gender differences in hourly wages and access to top wages are smaller in countries with longer paid paternity leaves and larger enrollment rates of children aged 0-3 years in preschools. In contrast, work-family reconciliation policies have little effect on the constraints women face in accessing high-level positions that require strong commitment and availability.Universidad de Huelva20222022-01-0120222022-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10272/21733reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/217332026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
Brechas de género en salarios y puestos directivos: ¿contribuyen las políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar a alcanzar la igualdad de género entre los titulados universitarios europeos?
title Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
spellingShingle Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
Gender Wage Gap
Management Positions
Top Wages
Workfamily Policies
University Graduates
Brecha salarial de género
Puestos directivos
Salarios altos
Políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar
Titulados universitarios
53 Ciencias Económicas
6307.03 Política Social
title_short Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
title_full Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
title_fullStr Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
title_full_unstemmed Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
title_sort Gender Gaps in Wages and Managerial Positions: Do Family-oriented Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality Among European University Graduates?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
author Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
author_facet Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
author_role author
author2 Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gender Wage Gap
Management Positions
Top Wages
Workfamily Policies
University Graduates
Brecha salarial de género
Puestos directivos
Salarios altos
Políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar
Titulados universitarios
53 Ciencias Económicas
6307.03 Política Social
topic Gender Wage Gap
Management Positions
Top Wages
Workfamily Policies
University Graduates
Brecha salarial de género
Puestos directivos
Salarios altos
Políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar
Titulados universitarios
53 Ciencias Económicas
6307.03 Política Social
description This article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching algorithm to construct a balanced sample of women and men with the same academic characteristics (field of study, internships, and academic achievement, among others). The analysis reveals that the academic program characteristics play a relevant role in labor market outcomes as the gender gaps diminish when controlling for academic features. We find that gender differences in hourly wages and access to top wages are smaller in countries with longer paid paternity leaves and larger enrollment rates of children aged 0-3 years in preschools. In contrast, work-family reconciliation policies have little effect on the constraints women face in accessing high-level positions that require strong commitment and availability.
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