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ERIC Number: EJ697578
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-7757
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Gender Differences in Employment and Earnings in Science and Engineering in the US
Graham, J.W.; Smith, S.A.
Economics of Education Review, v24 n3 p341-354 Jun 2005
College-educated women are less than half as likely as men to be employed in science and engineering (S&E); and if they are, earn about 20 percent less. Using data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates, we estimate jointly, determinants of S&E employment and earnings in both S&E and non-S&E jobs. Taking account of gender differences in education (including S&E degrees), work experience and occupational characteristics, we can explain 60 percent of the gender differential in S&E employment and up to two-thirds of the earnings differential in S&E jobs. We find some evidence of gender earnings discrimination in S&E jobs, but less of it than in non-S&E jobs. We also show that the likelihood a worker selects S&E employment depends on her expected pay differential between S&E and non-S&E jobs, as well as on expected gender earnings discrimination in both S&E and non-S&E labor markets.
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Language: English
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