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Female university students may settle for considerably lower starting salaries than their male peers

Even when important structural factors are considered, women still earn an average of 6 percent less than their male counterparts.

According to a survey conducted by the IAB, female university students have different salary expectations than male students. They would accept a starting salary that is 15.6 percent lower than that of their male peers. There is also a gender gap of a similar magnitude in their expected starting wages. This is not only due to the fact that women tend to study different subjects than men.

Read the whole article in the IAB-Forum.

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