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Title: Perceived Wages and the Gender Gap in STEM Fields

Author(s): Aderonke Osikominu and Gregor Pfeifer

Publication Date: February 2018

Keyword(s): college major choice, Gender Gap, STEM and wage expectations

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: We estimate gender differences in elicited wage expectations among German University students applying for STEM and non-STEM fields. Descriptively, women expect to earn less than men and also have lower expectations about wages of average graduates across different fields. Using a two-step estimation procedure accounting for self-selection, we find that the gender gap in own expected wages can be explained to the extent of 54-69% by wage expectations for average graduates across different fields. However, gender differences in the wage expectations for average graduates across different fields do not contribute to explaining the gender gap in the choice of STEM majors.

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Osikominu, A and Pfeifer, G. 2018. 'Perceived Wages and the Gender Gap in STEM Fields'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=12719