Sex-based differences in school content and the male-female wage gap.

In high school and college, men and women take significantly different courses. Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation and the National Longitudinal Study class of 1972, we relate these differences in school content to sex differences in adult wages. Differences in field of...

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Published in:Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 15; pp. 431 - 466
Main Authors: Brown, Charles, Corcoran, Mary
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press July 1997 pt1
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