Does an Advanced Degree Reduce the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from MBAs

Industrial Relations - Tập 42 Số 3 - Trang 396-418 - 2003
Mark Montgomery, Irene Powell

Tóm tắt

This article uses a longitudinal survey of registrants for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) to compare the gender wage gap among MBA recipients with the gap among nonrecipients. We find evidence that the gender wage gap is lower among GMAT takers who obtained the MBA than among those who did not. This suggests that women with advanced degrees may face less discrimination in labor markets.

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