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Female business travelers pay less than their male colleagues because they tend to book earlier - The Conversation
Female employees consistently pay lower airfares than men do for the same flights because they tend to book earlier, according to a new peer-reviewed article I co-authored.
To reach these conclusions, fellow economist Gregory F. Veramendi and I analyzed 7.4 million business trips taken in 2014 by about 2 million workers from 8,000 companies in 60 countries. The dataset included dozens of details such as price paid, origin, destination and how many days in advance of the trip the ticket was purchased, as well as demographics on the purchaser, such as employer, job, age and gender.
We compared the airfare paid by employees in the same position within a company for the same class of travel. For example, if a male manager at a specific company booked a business class flight from New York’s JFK airport to Los Angeles International Airport, we compared the price he paid with the one paid by a female manager at the same company for the same trip.
Female employees consistently pay lower airfares than men do for the same flights because they tend to book earlier, according to a new peer-reviewed article I co-authored.
To reach these conclusions, fellow economist Gregory F. Veramendi and I analyzed 7.4 million business trips taken in 2014 by about 2 million workers from 8,000 companies in 60 countries. The dataset included dozens of details such as price paid, origin, destination and how many days in advance of the trip the ticket was purchased, as well as demographics on the purchaser, such as employer, job, age and gender.
We compared the airfare paid by employees in the same position within a company for the same class of travel. For example, if a male manager at a specific company booked a business class flight from New York’s JFK airport to Los Angeles International Airport, we compared the price he paid with the one paid by a female manager at the same company for the same trip.