Fig. 2From: The evolution of educational wage differentials for women and men in Germany, from 1996 to 2019Source: SOEP v36, authors’ own calculationsSmoothed educational wage differences, 1996 to 2019 (Women/Men; in ln, 95%- CI). Note: Employed individuals aged 30 to 55. The notation reads as follows: VET vocational education and training, MC master craftsmen/craftswomen, UAS university of applied sciences, and U university. Differences in the ln of real wages compared to VET. The average mean differences of no degree to VET for men are −0.13 and for women −0.17. The average real wages can be found in Additional file 1: Table S2.Back to article page