Title: Career Plans and Expectations of Young Women and Men: The Earnings Gap and Labor Force Participation
Abstract: Usijy detail&1 information on the carear plans ar earnirqs expectations of college bosiness school seniors, we test the hypothesis that wcan who plan to work intermittently choose jc2J6 with lower rewards to work experience in return for lower penalties for labor force interruptions.We fir that while nan ar wonn expect similar startir salaries, wcaen anticipate considerably lower earniegs in subsequent years, even urrer the assumption of continucos esploynent after leavir school.While it is also true that wcaen in the sample plan to work fewer years than nan, these differences do not explain the observed gender differences in expected earnins profiles.We also find no evidence that gender differences in expected earnins have any effect on the ntnther of years these sen plan to be in the labor market.