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Jenny Neuburger
GeNet meeting, 26 September 2008
Trends in the Relative Pay of Women and Men Across Three British Birth Cohorts
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Research questions
How has women’s average pay changed relative to men’s since 1970?
How does women’s average pay change with age, relative to men’s?
What difference does it make adjusting for changes in women's employment participation?
Censuses (1951, 1961, 1966) Labour Force Survey, 1971-2007
Increases in women’s paid employment
New Earnings Survey 1970-1997, ASHE 1998-2007
Improvement in (employed) women’s relative pay
British Birth Cohort Studies National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) - All babies born in England, Scotland and Wales in one week
of March 1946. - Follow-up survey 5,362 in 1948. Stratified sample. - Surveyed 22 times, most recently in 2006 (age 60).
National Child Development Study (NCDS) - All (17,634) babies born across Britain in a week of March
1958. - Seven follow-up studies. Added Non British-born children at
ages seven and eleven. - 11,419 interviewed in 2000 (age 42).
British Cohort Study (BCS) - All (17,287) babies born across Britain in a week of April 1970.
- Seven follow-up studies. Non British-born added at ages five,
ten and sixteen. - Non-response problems. 9,665 interviewed in 2004 (age 34).
% of women in paid employment, by age & cohort
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Ratio of women’s to men’s mean hourly pay, by cohort & age
Truncated distribution of wage offers
In paid work
Not in paid work
Wage offer
Mean wage
Mean wage offer
Imputation characteristics
Childhood Father’s occupation at two ages Mother’s age when cohort member born Parents’ education Scores in maths and reading tests at age 10 or 11 Number of siblings Number of older siblings
Adulthood Highest qualifications Occupational status of first job Years in full-time and part-time employment Any children, children under five, more than one child Lives in London or the South East
Results I: Who is in employment?
Women with higher education and ability more likely to be in paid work (and to work full-time)
Differences reduce with age. Non-employees more heterogeneous group at older ages.
Results II: What do imputed wage distributions look like?
Imputed mean wage is lower than mean wage for women in six out of the seven surveys (between two and eight per cent lower)
Full-time mean is much lower for women (up to 15 per cent) when part-timers and non-employees assigned full-time wage
Mean is lower for men at two ages; 33 (1991) and 42 (2000) for NCDS
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Imputed and actual log wage distributions, NSHD
NSHD women age 26 NSHD women age 31
Results III: Trends in actual and potential pay ratios
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Conclusions
Women’s average actual and potential pay has increased relative to men’s across cohorts, but decreases with age
We underestimate cross-cohort improvements in young women’s potential pay if we ignore selection into employment
Gender pay gaps for full-time workers understate gender inequality in full-time pay opportunities
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Sample sizes
NSHD 26 (1972)
NSHD31 (1977)
NCDS23(1981)
NCDS33(1991)
NCDS 42(2000)
BCS 30(2000)
BCS 34(2004)
Employed 835 774 3921 3599 4135 3990 3426
Observed wage 739 630 3655 3188 3713 3655 3006
Wage missing 96 144 266 411 422 335 420
Missing covariates (255) (267) (1640) (1573) (1764) (1364) (1106)
Not employed 1017 875 2334 2185 1641 1781 1582
Imputed 681 586 1119 1187 857 1061 992
Not imputed 11 5 39 5 5 5 0
Missing covariates (322) (284) (1074) (993) (776) (713) (586)
Total in survey 1852 1649 6255 5784 5776 5771 5008
2547 2547 8959 8959 8959 7877 7877
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% of women with children, by qual, age and cohort
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% of women with children, by qual, age and cohort
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% mums employed when child < 5 yrs, by qual & cohort
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Nearest-neighbour matching based on propensity score
Prob(work) = 1
Prob(work) = 0
Not in paid work
In paid work Propensity score
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Imputed potential and actual mean wages
NSHD 26 (1972)
NSHD31 (1977)
NCDS23(1981)
NCDS33(1991)
NCDS 42(2000)
BCS 30(2000)
BCS 34(2004)
Women
Imputed mean 1.28 (0.02)
1.40 (0.01)
1.49 (0.01)
1.77 (0.01)
1.90 (0.01)
1.92 (0.01)
2.09 (0.01)
Mean wage 1.40 (0.01)
1.43 (0.01)
1.52 (0.01)
1.83 (0.01)
1.91 (0.01)
1.96 (0.01)
2.13 (0.01)
Employees 809 724 3792 3413 3949 3874 3271
Imputed sample 1490 1310 4911 4600 4806 4935 4263
Men
Imputed mean 1.78 (0.01)
1.87 (0.01)
1.68 (0.01)
2.19 (0.01)
2.35 (0.01)
2.15 (0.01)
2.36 (0.01)
Mean wage 1.78 (0.01)
1.87 (0.01)
1.68 (0.01)
2.20 (0.01)
2.36 (0.01)
2.16 (0.01)
2.37 (0.01)
Employees 1568 1305 4586 3961 3952 4158 3488
Imputed sample 1735 1484 5218 4676 4763 4829 4124