A Cross-Cohort Analysis of Human Capital Specialization and the College Gender Wage Gap

NBER Working Paper No. 26348Issued in October 2019NBER Program(s):Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program, Labor Studies Program, Public Economics Program This paper explores the importance of pre-market human capital specialization in explaining gender differences in labor market outcomes among the highly skilled. Using new data with detailed undergraduate major information for…

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