Cognitive skills among adults. An impeding factor for gender convergence?

Autor/inn/en	Battisti, Michele; Fedorets, Alexandra; Kinne, Lavinia
Titel	Cognitive skills among adults. An impeding factor for gender convergence?
Quelle	Munich, Germany: CESifo (2023), ca. 71 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CESifo working papers. 10428 (2023)
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Fertigkeit; Kognitive Kompetenz; Geschlechterforschung; Arbeitsplatz; Erwachsenenbildung; Erwachsener; Fertigkeit; Kompetenz; Graue Literatur; Kognitive Kompetenz; Geschlechterforschung; Rechenkompetenz; Arbeitsplatz; Erwachsenenbildung; Erwachsener; Graue Literatur; PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies)
Abstract	While gender differences in labor force participation and wages have been studied extensively, gender gaps in cognitive skills among adults are not yet well understood. Using the PIAAC dataset, this paper presents novel findings on cognitive skill distributions by gender across 34 countries. Despite increasing educational equality, inequalities in numeracy skills favoring men compared to women are pervasive. These skill differences account for a sizable part of the gender wage gap. Furthermore, there are larger disadvantages for women at the top of the wage distribution, which are complemented by lower returns to skills compared to men. We also find that these numeracy-wage patterns are especially pronounced for parents and for those with the highest degree in a non-STEM field of study.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung - Leibniz-Zentrum für Lebenslanges Lernen, Bonn
Update	2023/1