TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ransom, Michael R.
AU  - Oaxaca, Ronald L.
        TI  - Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay
        PY  - 2003/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 704
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp704
        AB  - In this paper we analyze eight years of employment data of a regional grocery store chain in
the U.S. The data include job titles, wage rates, and earnings for all employees. We examine
initial job assignments, mobility between departments, and mobility into supervisory and
management positions in the firm. We model the flows of individuals between different
departments and jobs within the firm as a Markov process. The estimated transition
probabilities imply that expected seniority is greater for women. We find a pattern of intrafirm
mobility and initial job assignment that generally penalizes women, even after taking account
of individuals' characteristics.
        KW  - seniority
KW  - gender wage differentials
KW  - job mobility
        ER  -