Specializing in growing sectors: Wage returns and gender differences.

Autor/inn/en	Graves, Jennifer; Kuehn, Zoë
Titel	Specializing in growing sectors: Wage returns and gender differences. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Spezialisierung in Wachstumsbranchen: Lohnrenditen und geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede.
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2021) 70, S. 1-31 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101994
Schlagwörter	Frau; Frauenberuf; Bildungsertrag; Einkommenseffekt; Wirtschaftswachstum; Ökonomische Determinanten; Berufliche Spezialisierung; Männerberuf; Studienwahl; Internationaler Vergleich; Geschlechtsspezifik; Sektorale Verteilung; OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung); Mann
Abstract	"Matching individual data with national statistics for eight high-income OECD countries, we test whether those who specialized in fields of study when related sectors were growing earn higher wages later in life. We estimate 2-3% higher hourly wages for these individuals compared to others of similar characteristics and abilities who made their specialization choices under comparable macroeconomic conditions but when related sectors were not growing. We then test for heterogeneity in both who chooses fields of study associated with growing sectors, as well as in the wage impacts of doing so. We find that men are less likely to specialize in growing fields because they avoid traditionally female fields that have grown more over recent decades (i.e. health care and education). While for men with at least a bachelor's degree, specializing in traditionally female fields is associated with lower wages, this is not the case for men with vocational degrees, for whom non-wage factors must drive their reluctance towards female fields. Countries where men are less likely to specialize in growing fields are characterized by more traditional gender norms but also larger reductions in gender wage gaps." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2021 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2022/2