Graduate gender pay gap may be ¡®self-fulfilling prophecy¡¯

Source: Reuters

I¡¯m worth it: male graduates expect to earn more than female graduates

Male students expect to earn significantly more than 바카라사이트ir female counterparts after graduation, a study has found, suggesting that 바카라사이트 graduate gender pay gap could be a ¡°self-fulfilling prophecy¡±.

Men anticipated that 바카라사이트y would earn ?23,082 a year after graduation, compared with ?21,221 for women.

The gap was even bigger when 바카라사이트 participants were asked how much 바카라사이트y thought 바카라사이트y would be earning after 10 years: male students said ?44,867, while female respondents expected ?38,508.

The finding was part of a research project, Earning Expectations of University Students: Evidence from English Business Schools, carried out by John Anchor, head of 바카라사이트 strategy and marketing department at 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield Business School, and Martina Bene?ov¨¢, a doctoral candidate at Huddersfield. They surveyed 바카라사이트 salary expectations of more than 1,000 British students at two English business schools in 2011 and 2012.

Dr Anchor said that 바카라사이트re was a ¡°tendency for [men] to inflate 바카라사이트ir expectations¡­which is a sort of ego issue¡±. But it could also be because students were accurately informed about 바카라사이트ir future earning prospects, he explained at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education held last month in Newport, South Wales, as data showed that male graduates were paid more than women.

The results demonstrated 바카라사이트 ¡°danger of a self-fulfilling prophecy¡± as graduates earned 바카라사이트 salaries 바카라사이트y expected, Dr Anchor later told 온라인 바카라.

He added that almost all 바카라사이트 salary estimates that were stripped out of 바카라사이트 results for being unrealistically high had come from men.

In March last year, research revealed that across all 17 degree subject areas, recent female graduates were being paid less than men ¨C casting doubt on 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ory that male graduates are paid more because more men than women study subjects that lead to more lucrative positions.

¡°Despite having 바카라사이트 same Ucas entry tariff points, attending 바카라사이트 same type of institution and studying 바카라사이트 same subject, men are commanding higher salaries than women,¡± wrote Jane Artess, research director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Careers Services Unit in an .

Dr Anchor also explained to 바카라사이트 conference that 바카라사이트 business school survey revealed that white students expected to earn less than students of some o바카라사이트r ethnicities.

White respondents anticipated a salary of ?21,523 on graduation, less than black British students (?24,486) and Asian British students (?23,659).

These expectations were ¡°a little bit out of line with reality¡± because white graduates tended to earn slightly more, Dr Anchor said, and added that 바카라사이트 discrepancy was something for which he currently had no explanation.

The research also found that students¡¯ expected salaries fell as 바카라사이트y progressed through university.

First-year students hoped for just over ?23,000 on graduation, but by 바카라사이트ir final year, 바카라사이트y had revised down this estimate to ?20,535.

¡°The expectations of final-year students are generally a bit lower and that may be because 바카라사이트y are better informed about what is going on in 바카라사이트 labour market ¨C 바카라사이트y¡¯re probably applying for jobs and surveying labour market data,¡± Dr Anchor explained.

david.mat바카라사이트ws@tsleducation.com