PREFERENCE FOR THE WORKPLACE, INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL, AND GENDER

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; National Bureau of Economic Research; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-5533
• DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjx035
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 457-507
• 关键词: college major; professionals; expectations; decisions; EVOLUTION; earnings; models; CHOICE; field; gap

摘要

We use a hypothetical choice methodology to estimate preferences for work-place attributes from a sample of high-ability undergraduates attending a highly selective university. We estimate that women on average have a higher willingness to pay (WTP) for jobs with greater work flexibility and job stability, and men have a higher WTP for jobs with higher earnings growth. These job preferences relate to college major choices and to actual job choices reported in a follow-up survey four years after graduation. The gender differences in preferences explain at least a quarter of the early career gender wage gap.