UPSE-PCED Seminar “Do Persistent Gender Differences Begin at Entry?”

HAPPENING ON FRIDAY, April 24, 2026. 4:00 PM, at the Judith R. Duavit-Vazquez and Class of 1984 Lecture Room (UPSE 105)

🎓 UPSE-PCED Friday Seminar, featuring Joseph Ernest Zveglich, Ph.D., Deputy Director General of the Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Visiting Senior Fellow with the Rutgers University Center for Global Work and Employment, and Associate Senior Fellow with the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

🧠📚💡Abstract: Systemic inequalities at the beginning of one’s career can lead to persistent differences in compensation and job status. Using proprietary panel data from the Asian Development Bank spanning 2000–2022, this study investigates gender differences in each stage of one’s career path—entry, promotion, and exit—for internationally recruited staff. Analysis of staff grade level at entry using an ordered probit model reveals that women hired in the early years of the data were more likely to enter at lower levels than men, holding endowments constant.

However, estimates of Cox proportional hazard models indicate that there are no gender differences in the likelihood of getting promoted or leaving the firm. Taken together, the results suggest that gender differences at entry can persist, complicating a firm’s efforts to eliminate gender disparities among staff. The level at which staff are hired is critical for determining their career path within the organization. The interplay between who gets hired for what hiring positions and compensation level establishes a career dynamic that ultimately shapes the gender gap among staff.

📝 Please register using the links below or by scanning the QR codes in the poster:
📍 Onsite: https://tinyurl.com/57dk3bvh
Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/53ab8r6s

👀 We’d love to see you there!

Source: UP School of Economics Facebook