Dennis Alexis Valin DittrichThe Math-Verbal Divide: Unequal Returns to Cognitive Skills in Education and Work https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp18542&r=&r=lab
"Verbal skills strongly predict educational attainmen while #mathematics skills generate substantially larger earnings returns.
… This divergence operates partly through field-of-study choice: individuals with stronger verbal skills disproportionately select into fields with higher graduation rates but lower earnings returns, while those with stronger mathematics skills enter #STEM and other high-paying majors.
… Gender differences in skills explain the female advantage in college attendance and part of the STEM gap but have little effect on the gender earnings gap due to offsetting effects across these pathways: women's verbal advantage facilitates educational access but also steers them toward lower-return fields."
#LaborEcon #wages #gpg
"Verbal skills strongly predict educational attainmen while #mathematics skills generate substantially larger earnings returns.
… This divergence operates partly through field-of-study choice: individuals with stronger verbal skills disproportionately select into fields with higher graduation rates but lower earnings returns, while those with stronger mathematics skills enter #STEM and other high-paying majors.
… Gender differences in skills explain the female advantage in college attendance and part of the STEM gap but have little effect on the gender earnings gap due to offsetting effects across these pathways: women's verbal advantage facilitates educational access but also steers them toward lower-return fields."
#LaborEcon #wages #gpg
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