The Gender Salary Gap and Race: A Case of College-educated Individuals

Author(s)

Giannina CelisFollow

Abstract

Despite the fact that today, women constitute the majority of higher education graduates, (U.S. Department of Education 2016) they still earn considerably less than their male counterparts.This study examines some of the different factors that affect salary differentials by race and gender for the college-educated population. Using data from the The National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), I estimate a series of OLS regressions with controls for geographic location, social demographics, human capital development and occupation to see how they work together to explain these differences in pay.

Department

Economics

Major

Economics – BS

First Advisor

Dr. Nicole Kalaf-Hughes

First Advisor Department

Political Science

Second Advisor

Dr. Mary Ellen Benedict

Second Advisor Department

Economics

Publication Date

Spring 5-1-2017

Repository Citation

Celis, Giannina, "The Gender Salary Gap and Race: A Case of College-educated Individuals" (2017). Honors Projects. 222.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/222