Does Firm-Level Sorting Contribute to the Gender Wage Gap?

Firm-level earning differences (i.e., the sorting of women and men between firms with different earnings premiums, due to prestige, market share, or other factors) is an understudied factor of the gender pay gap. Sociologist Thomas DiPrete will examine the extent to which firm-level earnings differences contribute to the gender wage gap. He will analyze restricted-access Census data, data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program, the Census Household Composition Key, and the American Community Survey for his study.