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Title: Gender, College Major, and Earnings
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Angle, John Wissmann, David A. |
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Gender, College Major, and Earnings Sociology of Education 54,1 (January 1981): 25-33. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2112510 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): College Major/Field of Study/Courses; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Schooling, Post-secondary Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study tests the effect of a person's college major upon his or her hourly wage rate in order to see if the content learned in college explains the gap between the earnings of men and women. The results indicate that the direct effect of gender on the earnings of people with at least some college education is large and that controlling for field of study reduces the gap only slightly. In addition, the findings also show that young women's returns to a year of post-secondary education are higher than young men's, however, not enough to offset the negative effect of being female on earnings. |
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Angle, John and David A. Wissmann. "Gender, College Major, and Earnings." Sociology of Education 54,1 (January 1981): 25-33.
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