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Direct linkLight, Audrey; Rama, Apoorva – Education Economics, 2019
Using a sample of college graduates from the NLSY97, we introduce a new approach to assessing wage benefits of STEM training, STEM jobs, and the match between the two: rather than classify individuals dichotomously as STEM or non-STEM, we measure the STEM-intensities of both their college coursework and their occupational requirements. While the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Gender Differences, Prediction, College Graduates
Hall, Matthew; Farkas, George – Social Forces, 2011
We use panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) to estimate the effects of cognitive skills (measured by the Armed Forces Qualification Test) and attitudinal/behavioral traits (a latent factor based on self-reported self-esteem, locus of control, educational aspirations and educational expectations) on career wage…
Descriptors: Wages, Locus of Control, Females, Salary Wage Differentials
Peer reviewedO'Neill, Dave M. – Journal of Human Resources, 1970
Concludes that about half of racial differentials in earnings are due to current labor market discrimination, with the remainder due to past discrimination. (BH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Labor Economics, Labor Market
Download full textAaronson, Daniel; Mazumder, Bhashkar – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2009
The Black-White gap in completed schooling among Southern born men narrowed sharply between the World Wars after being stagnant from 1880 to 1910. We examine a large scale school construction project, the Rosenwald Rural Schools Initiative, which was designed to dramatically improve the educational opportunities for Southern rural Blacks. From…
Descriptors: Wages, African Americans, Rural Schools, School Construction
Peer reviewedFarkas, George; And Others – Social Forces, 1997
Analyses of National Longitudinal Survey data indicate that cognitive skill level affects access to high-skill occupations and earnings. Lower cognitive skill levels for African Americans and U.S.-born Mexican Americans explain a substantial proportion of income differences between these groups and European Americans but not the gender gap in pay…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Ludwig, Jens – Education Next, 2003
Through the 1960s, African-Americans earned much less than whites--even when their cognitive abilities (as measured by test scores) were similar. By the end of the century, however, many believed that employment discrimination had attenuated to such a degree that the gap in labor-market outcomes could be explained almost entirely by differences in…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Politics of Education, Cognitive Ability, White Students
