TY - RPRT AU - Johnston, David W. AU - Lee, Wang-Sheng TI - Climbing the Job Ladder: New Evidence of Gender Inequity PY - 2011/Sep/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 5970 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5970 AB - An explanation for the gender wage gap is that women are less able or less willing to 'climb the job ladder.' However, the empirical evidence on gender differences in job mobility has been mixed. Focusing on a subsample of younger, university-educated workers from an Australian longitudinal survey, we find strong evidence that the dynamics of promotions and employer changes worsen women's labour market position. KW - wage gap KW - job changes KW - promotions KW - gender ER -