Word: genderization
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...evidence of the gender gap emerged when seniors reported their first-year base salaries. About two-thirds of graduates who have jobs lined up disclosed those figures...
...Within most sectors, the gender gap is actually quite narrow. In banking and consulting, the median salary for men and the median for women are identical...
...gender gap in starting salaries reflects substantial gender differences in which employment sector is chosen,” according to Goldin and Katz, who have co-authored several journal articles on the topic. “In general, starting salaries are very similar by sex within employment sectors...
...Other experts suggested alternative explanations for the gender...
...gender gap is narrowest in sectors that publicize information about starting salaries, according to research by Babcock and the Kennedy School’s Bowles. “So, one thing that career services [at Harvard] could do to help diminish the gap is to provide students with good information about the appropriate compensation standards for the types of jobs they are negotiating,” Bowles wrote in an e-mail...