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Beyond the Diploma : A Detailed Exploration of the Gender Wage Gap : An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap among Graduates with Completed First-Stage Tertiary Education

Stormoen, Tarjei; Tovslid, Camilla O.
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2023
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Abstract
A gender wage gap has been thoroughly documented, both in Norway and internationally.

Prior studies have substantiated a significant wage discrepancy between genders among

those holding an MBA, yet comprehensive research into this disparity across other graduatelevel

disciplines remains scarce. The purpose of this thesis is to fill this gap, by examining

the wage gap, not only among business graduates, but also among medicine, law, and

STEM graduates. To examine the gender wage gap in these four educational groups, we

utilize cross-sectional register data from 2019, obtained from Microdata.no. Using recent

high-quality data enables us to determine the severity of the graduate-level wage gap, and

allows for an exploration of potential disparities between different educational groups.

Our analysis reveals a significant wage gap among graduate-level workers with educational

backgrounds in medicine, law, STEM, and business fields. In this combined sample of

graduate-level workers, we identified a raw wage gap of 15.39% and an adjusted wage gap

of 7.98%. In comparison, the unadjusted wage gap in the general working population in

Norway stood at 12.4% in 2019. Thus, our results suggest that the wage gap might be

larger among those with a graduate-level degree than in the general working population.

We also uncover considerable gender wage gaps within the four educational groups.

Moreover, our analysis reveals that the wage gap is substantially smaller among part-time

workers than full-time workers. Additionally, we found that men enter the labor market

with significantly higher wages than women, and that they have a significantly higher

return on experience. At last, we found that the gender wage gap, at large, is greater

among graduate-level workers than among undergraduate-level workers.

In this study, we confirm the existence of a wage gap between men and women at the

graduate level in Norway. To successfully close the wage gap, we suggest several measures.

First, additional research should be conducted to understand why men experience a higher

return on experience. Moreover, we recommend initiatives to encourage more women to

pursue full-time positions. The promotion of efforts to support and encourage women into

senior roles, where compensation tends to be higher, could also contribute to narrowing

the wage gap. Lastly, altering workplace structures and shifting societal expectations

might further reduce segregation in the workforce.

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