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    Gender Discrimination in the Australian Graduate Labour Market

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    Authors
    Li, Ian
    Miller, Paul
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Li, I. and Miller, P. 2012. Gender Discrimination in the Australian Graduate Labour Market. Australian Journal of Labour Economics. 15 (3): pp. 167-199.
    Source Title
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Additional URLs
    http://ftp.iza.org/dp6595.pdf
    ISSN
    13281143
    School
    School of Economics and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33589
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    Abstract

    This paper examines gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market, using data from the Graduate Destination Surveys 1999-2009. A framework of analysis provided by the overeducation/required education/undereducation literature is applied. A smaller gender wage gap is found for university graduates than that reported for all workers in earlier studies. It is shown, however, that the gender wage gap widens with the age at graduation. This pattern is argued to reflect the influence of the mismeasurement of actual labour market experience in the conventional education and experience earnings equation on the standardised gender pay gap. Female graduates are less likely to be overeducated, compared to male graduates. Overeducation, while associated with substantial penalties, is not a substantial contributor to the gender wage gap.

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