Parenthood is a unique turning point in women's careers. Mothers, but not fathers, experience large and persistent child penalties to earnings after the birth of their first child. Child penalties mainly result from three differences between mothers and fathers in response to childbearing: hours worked, labor market exit rates, and wages (Kleven,…

Our study explores relationships between postsecondary institutional type, according to the Carnegie classification of institutions, and faculty salaries based on race and gender. Critical Race Theories underpin our questions, including Critical Race Feminism and Quantitative Critical Race Theory. We ran multilevel statistical anaylses (three…

We conduct an empirical simulation exercise that gauges the plausible impact of increased rates of college attainment on a variety of measures of income inequality and economic insecurity. Using two different methodological approaches--a distributional approach and a causal parameter approach--we find that increased rates of bachelor's and…

The high dependence on technology for economic activities in developed countries stresses the importance of lifelong learning in order to equip adult workers with the skills required to perform work related tasks, and also increase labor force participation. We use data from the 2012/2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult…

This study analyzes the gender gap in private returns to higher education in Kazakhstan. Using the 2010 Kazakhstan Migration and Remittances Survey data I find that the gender wage gap is large, although returns to higher education for women are higher than for men. The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition shows that in Kazakhstan the gender difference in…

Using data from the 2003 to 2013 "Survey of Doctorate Recipients" we included salary among other individual, institutional, and early employment factors that contribute to examine the career paths of recent doctorates who enter postsecondary academic appointments. Findings showed some noteworthy differences by gender including lower…

The transition from study to work is an important one. The jobs that graduates secure after completing their studies may very well shape the trajectory of their future careers, so an understanding of how job search influences employment outcomes has significant implications for theory and higher education practice. This article specifically…