A cross-cohort analysis of human capital specialization and the college gender wage gap.

Autor/inn/en	Sloane, Carolyn; Hurst, Erik; Black, Dan
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	A cross-cohort analysis of human capital specialization and the college gender wage gap. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Eine kohortenübergreifende Analyse der beruflichen Spezialisierung und des geschlechtsspezifischen Lohnunterschieds von Hochschulabsolventen.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2019), 23 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 26348
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w26348
Schlagwörter	Frau; Frauenberuf; Bildungsertrag; Einkommenseffekt; Arbeitsplatzwahl; Berufliche Spezialisierung; Bildungsadäquate Beschäftigung; Männerberuf; Studienwahl; Geschlechtsspezifik; Hochschulabsolvent; Mann; USA
Abstract	"This paper explores the importance of pre-market human capital specialization in explaining gender differences in labor market outcomes among the highly skilled. Using new data with detailed undergraduate major information for several cohorts of American college graduates, we establish many novel facts. First, we show evidence of a gender convergence in college major choice over the last 40 years. Second, we highlight that women today still choose college majors associated with lower potential wages than men. Third, we report gender differences in the mapping from major to occupation. Even conditional on major, women systematically choose lower potential wage and lower potential hours-worked occupations than men. Fourth, we document a modest gender convergence between the 1950 and 1990 birth cohorts in the mapping of major to occupation. Finally, we show that college major choice has strong predictive power in explaining gender wage gaps independent of occupation choice. Collectively, our results suggest the importance of further understanding gender differences in pre-labor market specialization including college major choice." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1