@article{02d0ce89674e4d38812ef9282c44a5c6,
title = "The role of risk and negotiation in explaining the gender wage gap",
abstract = "This paper examines how gender differences in behavioural preferences affect the gender wage gap in Vietnam. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment to measure preferences for risk and negotiation and administer a complementary survey to collect data on wages and observable factors that affect wages. In our sample, women earn less than men but differences in observable characteristics across gender cannot explain the gender wage gap, i.e. most of the gender gap is unexplained. Our experimental results show that women are more risk-averse and have a lower propensity to negotiate. The two variables together account for 15.5% of the unexplained component of the wage gap and are jointly associated with a 29% reduction in the gender wage gap.",
keywords = "Discrimination, Gender wage gap, Negotiation, Risk, Vietnam",
author = "Pushkar Maitra and Ananta Neelim and Chau Tran",
note = "Funding Information: Funding provided by Monash University under the Departmental Research Grant Scheme and RMIT University. We received Human Ethics Review clearance from Monash University. We thank two anonymous referees, the editor-in-charge of this special issue, Phil Grossman, Claudio Labanca, Shelly Lundberg, Jaai Parasnis, Leonora Risse, Smriti Sharma, Russell Smyth, Joe Vecci, Haishan Yuan and seminar and conference participants at ANZWEE, ESA Global Meetings, ERG Meetings in Dhaka, La Trobe University, Monash University, RMIT University and Vietnam National University for their comments and suggestions. The authors are responsible for all errors. Funding Information: Funding provided by Monash University under the Departmental Research Grant Scheme and RMIT University. We received Human Ethics Review clearance from Monash University. We thank two anonymous referees, the editor-in-charge of this special issue, Phil Grossman, Claudio Labanca, Shelly Lundberg, Jaai Parasnis, Leonora Risse, Smriti Sharma, Russell Smyth, Joe Vecci, Haishan Yuan and seminar and conference participants at ANZWEE, ESA Global Meetings, ERG Meetings in Dhaka, La Trobe University, Monash University, RMIT University and Vietnam National University for their comments and suggestions. The authors are responsible for all errors. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.jebo.2021.08.021",
language = "English",
volume = "191",
pages = "1--27",
journal = "Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization",
issn = "0167-2681",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}
