Federico Huneeus, Conrad Miller, Christopher A. Neilson, Seth Zimmerman, "Firm Sorting, College Major, and the Gender Earnings Gap", Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Series (May 2021, No. 648), 2021.

@article{ worker-sorting_2021,
  title = "Firm Sorting, College Major, and the Gender Earnings Gap",
  author = "Huneeus, Federico and Miller, Conrad and Neilson, Christopher A. and Zimmerman, Seth",
  journal = "Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Series (May 2021, No. 648)",
  year = "2021",
  note = "wp"
,
  abstract = "A growing body of evidence shows that differences in firm-specific pay premiums account for a large share of the gender pay gap. This paper asks how a common form of pre-labor market skill specialization, college major, mediates access to high-paying firms, and what this means for the gender earnings gap. Using employer-employee tax data from Chile matched to educational records, we show that differences in college major account for more than two-thirds of the firm contribution to the gender earnings gap among college admits. Degrees in Technology, which are numerous, male-dominated, and associated with high firm premiums, drive these effects."
,
  url = "https://christopherneilson.github.io/documents/WorkerFirmSorting/Returns_to_Major_and_Firm_Sorting.pdf"
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  url_article = ""
}