For workers who have been in the labor force more than ten years, the authors can ultimately explain all but 1 percent of the gender wage gap with factors unrelated to discrimination on the job.* They conclude, “We identify three proximate reasons for the large and rising gender gap in earnings: differences in training prior to MBA graduation; differences in career interruptions; and differences in weekly hours. These three determinants can explain the bulk of gender differences across the years following MBA completion.”
