The gender earnings gap among recent postsecondary graduates, 1984-92
by Nathalie Caron and Ted Wannell
Business and Labour Market Analysis Division
Analytical Studies Branch research paper series, No. 068
This study attempts to compare the earnings of men and women on an
equal footing by concentrating on recent postsecondary graduates and
using survey data on a number of earnings-related characteristics. The
data cover three graduating classes of university and community college
students: 1982, 1986 and 1990.
These data indicate that the gender earnings gap among graduates has
narrowed in recent years. In fact among the most recent class, we found
that female university graduates are rewarded slightly better than their
male counterparts after controlling for experience, job tenure, education
and hours of work.
A small gender gap persists among community college graduates: about
three-and-a-half percent on an hourly wage basis. For all graduates,
the earnings gap tended to increase with age, even after controlling
for previous work experience.
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