Wielgoszewska, Bożena;
Bryson, Alex;
Crawford, Claire;
Joshi, Heather;
(2024)
Women's pay and job quality: initial findings from Next Steps at age 32.
UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies: London, UK.
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Abstract
Although the gap is closing gradually, women continue to earn significantly less than men. In the past, the gap was partly explained by women having lower educational qualifications. However women today are, on average, at least as well qualified as their male counterparts, which shifts the focus to other factors. Gender pay gaps are particularly stark among parents, with mothers less likely to be in paid work, more likely to work fewer hours, and more likely to receive lower hourly pay than fathers. This briefing explores the extent to which gender pay gaps persist among 32-year-olds taking part in Next Steps, a nationally representative cohort study following the lives of around 16,000 people in England who were born in 1989-90. It looks at gender pay gaps between both men and women with and without children, and the extent to which these differences can be explained by the characteristics of employees themselves and the jobs they do. This includes cohort members’ perceptions of ‘job quality,’ such as whether they think they have good prospects for career advancement, whether they think their job is secure, and whether they find their work stressful. These findings are relevant for the current Government’s ‘make work pay’ agenda, which highlights the importance of enabling access to good quality, flexible work opportunities. The results are also significant for their new growth and opportunities missions, by showing the entrenched nature of the gender pay gap, particularly for mothers, even among this recent, highly educated and economically active cohort.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Women's pay and job quality: initial findings from Next Steps at age 32 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/... |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10204204 |
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