Men to earn more after women opt for stability
By Jia Feishang |
March 2, 2011, Wednesday
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MALE graduates are likely to enjoy higher salaries than their female counterparts with the same educational background, according to a survey released yesterday.
The survey, by MyCos, an education evaluation body, said the average wage of male graduates, 2,573 yuan (US$392) a month, this year will be 330 yuan higher than that of the females.
The gap would be wider, up to 815 yuan, for holders of a master's degree, with the monthly income for men being 4,438 yuan on average.
The nationwide survey covered more than 20,000 students who will leave school in July but who have already signed work contracts.
Marriage and having babies were believed to be major factors in the differences.
Female students would be around 25 or older when they got their master's degree, an age when they would be thinking about marriage and starting a family.
The survey said this meant they valued job stability rather than how much it would pay.
Some 32 percent of females with a master's degree chose stable work as civil servants or posts in state-owned institutes, against 18 percent of males, the survey found.
Meng Jie, 26, a Shanghai resident studying at Nanjing University, said females in her age group wanted to find a stable job rather than a challenging one.
The survey found that state-owned enterprises hired fewer females, with 54.5 percent of students signing contracts with them being male.
The survey, by MyCos, an education evaluation body, said the average wage of male graduates, 2,573 yuan (US$392) a month, this year will be 330 yuan higher than that of the females.
The gap would be wider, up to 815 yuan, for holders of a master's degree, with the monthly income for men being 4,438 yuan on average.
The nationwide survey covered more than 20,000 students who will leave school in July but who have already signed work contracts.
Marriage and having babies were believed to be major factors in the differences.
Female students would be around 25 or older when they got their master's degree, an age when they would be thinking about marriage and starting a family.
The survey said this meant they valued job stability rather than how much it would pay.
Some 32 percent of females with a master's degree chose stable work as civil servants or posts in state-owned institutes, against 18 percent of males, the survey found.
Meng Jie, 26, a Shanghai resident studying at Nanjing University, said females in her age group wanted to find a stable job rather than a challenging one.
The survey found that state-owned enterprises hired fewer females, with 54.5 percent of students signing contracts with them being male.
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