abstract: 'This article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial

  positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and

  explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these

  gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching

  algorithm to construct a balanced sample of women and men with the same

  academic characteristics (field of study, internships, and academic

  achievement, among others). The analysis reveals that the academic

  program characteristics play a relevant role in labor market outcomes as

  the gender gaps diminish when controlling for academic features. We find

  that gender differences in hourly wages and access to top wages are

  smaller in countries with longer paid paternity leaves and larger

  enrollment rates of children aged 0-3 years in preschools. In contrast,

  work-family reconciliation policies have little effect on the

  constraints women face in accessing high-level positions that require

  strong commitment and availability.'
affiliation: 'Herrarte, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

  Herrarte, Ainhoa, Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

  Gomez-Salcedo, Fernando Bellido, Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.'
author: Herrarte, Ainhoa and Gomez-Salcedo, Fernando Bellido
author-email: 'Ainhoa.herrarte@uam.es

  fernando.bellido@urjc.es'
author_list:
- family: Herrarte
  given: Ainhoa
- family: Gomez-Salcedo
  given: Fernando Bellido
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.33776/rem.v0i62.5486
eissn: 2340-4264
files: []
issn: 1576-0162
journal: REVISTA DE ECONOMIA MUNDIAL
keywords: 'Gender Wage Gap; Management Positions; Top Wages; Work-family Policies;

  University Graduates'
keywords-plus: 'PARENTAL LEAVE POLICIES; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; EARNINGS GAP; IMPACT;

  COUNTRIES; CAREERS; OPPORTUNITIES; MOTHERHOOD; INEQUALITY'
language: English
number: '62'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
orcid-numbers: Herrarte, Ainhoa/0000-0003-3414-8487
pages: 105-124
papis_id: 97051f1a5d31e054be0f68e72e987a67
ref: Herrarte2022gendergaps
researcherid-numbers: Herrarte, Ainhoa/L-2458-2013
times-cited: '0'
title: 'GENDER GAPS IN WAGES AND MANAGERIAL POSITIONS: DO FAMILY-ORIENTED POLICIES
  CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY AMONG EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES?'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000973675700006
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'