Adriaans Jule, Sauer Carsten, Wrohlich Katharina
Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Research Group Gender Economics, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Br J Sociol. 2025 Jan;76(1):180-187. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13149. Epub 2024 Sep 18.
This study explores how gender and age interact in shaping beliefs about fair pay through a factorial survey experiment conducted with German employees. Respondents evaluated hypothetical worker descriptions varying in age, gender, and earnings. While no gender gap in fair earnings was found for the youngest hypothetical workers, a significant gap favoring men emerged with increasing age. This suggests that male workers receive a higher age premium on fair earnings than female workers. The findings highlight the need to understand how gender interacts with other characteristics to legitimize workplace inequalities.
本研究通过对德国员工进行析因调查实验，探讨了性别和年龄如何相互作用以形成关于公平薪酬的信念。受访者对年龄、性别和收入各不相同的假设性员工描述进行了评估。对于最年轻的假设性员工，未发现公平收入方面的性别差距，但随着年龄增长，有利于男性的显著差距出现了。这表明，男性员工在公平收入方面获得的年龄溢价高于女性员工。研究结果凸显了理解性别如何与其他特征相互作用以使职场不平等合法化的必要性。
