The influence of human capital traits on salary expectation disclosure: a study of the St. Petersburg labor market

Экономика труда. 2023. Vol. 10. No. 11. P. 1681–1704.

Махар Д. Х., Рамадхани Б. Я.

Human characteristics do impact the decisions of the people in every aspect of life. This study aims to analyze the characteristics that can impact the applicants' decision to include their salary expectations in their resume when applying for a new position. Specifically, this includes education level, working experience, age differences and gender gap. The data was collected from one of the leading Russian job portal websites, ie, HH.ru. The dataset consisted of applicants' who applied for the managerial positions. Two different methods of analysis were used to study these variables and the relationship with the salary expectations. T-test analysis was used to compare the means of the variables. In the second step, 3 models of logistic regression analysis were used with different combination of variables to study the relationship and their impacts. Our study showed the significant impacts of education level and skills, working experience and gender on the salary expectations. The authors concluded that people with a higher number of skills, working experience and possess higher education level, tends to not mention their salary expectations in their resume and vice versa. This study can be useful for the Human resources employers who want to hire new employees.

Ключевые слова: уровень образования, навыки, российский рынок труда, управленческий опыт, work experience, education level, salary expectations, гендерный разрыв, labor markets, Skills, gender gap, зарплатные ожидания соискателей