College Major and the Gender Earnings Gap: A Multi-country Examination of Postgraduate Labour Market Outcomes |
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| Authors: | Adela García-Aracil |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovacion, Edificio 8E, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the effects of degree choice on the distribution of occupational benefits in terms of income, and their
contribution to the gender earnings gap, among young European higher education graduates. The results reveal that the field
of study, which is the result of a personal choice, appears to influence the distribution of work-related benefits among graduates
even after controlling for unobservable heterogeneity and observable individual/job specific characteristics. Analysis of
the gender earnings gap shows that the earning disparities among female/male graduates in Education, Humanities and Mathematics
are smaller. |
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| Keywords: | College major choice Gender earnings gap Heterogeneity Higher education graduates |
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