@techreport{CEPDP07382006, author = {Sami Napari}, title = { The
Early Career Gender Wage Gap }, institution = { CEP }, year =
{2006}, month = {Aug}, url =
{http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0738.pdf}, type={CEP
Discussion Papers}, series={CEP Discussion Papers},
number={CEPDP0738}, abstract={In Finland the gender wage gap
increases significantly during the first 10 years after
labormarket entry accounting most of the life-time increase in
the gender wage gap. This paperfocuses on the early career
gender wage differences among university graduates andconsiders
several explanations for the gender wage gap based on the human
capital theory,job mobility and labor market segregation. Gender
differences in the accumulation ofexperience and in the type of
education explain about 16 percent of the average gender wagegap
that emerges during the first 11 years after labor market entry
among universitygraduates. Differences in employer
characteristics between male and female graduatesaccount about
10 percent for the