The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Finland
IZA World of Labor role
Author
Current position
Chief Research Scientist, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Research interest
Personnel economics, gender, wage dynamics
Website
Positions/functions as a policy advisor
Member of two governmental work groups related to restructuring in the labour market (2011–2013, 2015)
Past positions
Researcher, Helsinki School of Economics and The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, 2008
Qualifications
PhD Economics, Helsinki School of Economics, 2007
Selected publications
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“An 'opposing responses' test of classic versus market‐based promotion tournaments.” Journal of Labor Economics 34:3 (2016): 747–779 (with J. DeVaro).
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“Promotion signaling, gender, and turnover: New theory and evidence.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 216 (2016): 140–166 (with H. Cassidy and J. DeVaro).
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“Gender differences in careers.” Annals of Economics and Statistics, 117/118 (2015): 61–88 (with S. Napari).
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“Teams, performance-related pay and productive efficiency: Evidence from a food-processing plant.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 63:4 (2010): 606–626. (with D. C. Jones and P. Kalmi).
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“Career and wage dynamics: Evidence from linked‐employer employee data.” Research in Labor Economics 36 (2012): 35–76 (with S. Napari).
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Gender differences in corporate hierarchies
How and why do the careers of men and women differ? What policies could reduce the differences?
Antti Kauhanen, May 2017The gender wage gap is largely due to men and women holding different kinds of jobs. This job segregation is partly driven by gender differences in careers in corporate hierarchies. Research has shown that the careers of men and women begin to diverge immediately upon entry into the labor market and that subsequent career progress exacerbates the divergence. This divergence of career progress explains a large part of the gender wage gap. Understanding how and why the careers of men and women differ is necessary to design effective policies that can reduce the gender differences in hierarchies.MoreLess