The Gender Pay Gap: Income Inequality Over Life Course - A Multilevel Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The gender pay gap has been observed for decades, and still exists. Due to a life course perspective, gender differences in income are analyzed over a period of 24 years. Therefore, this study aims to investigate income trajectories and the differences regarding men and women. Moreover, the study examines how human capital determinants, occupational positions and factors that accumulate disadvantages over time contribute to the explanation of the GPG in Germany. Therefore, this study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the GPG over the life course. The data are based on the German cohort study lidA (living at work), which links survey data individually with employment register data. Based on social security data, the income of men and women over time are analyzed using a multil

SUBMITTER: Toczek L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733696 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature