The Path to College Education: The Role of Math and Verbal Skills

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Aucejo, Esteban; James, Jonathan
• 署名单位: Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; California State University System; California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/715417
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 2905-2946
• 关键词: high-school math; attainment; wages; Heterogeneity; outcomes; impacts; QUALITY; black

摘要

This paper studies the formation of math and verbal skills during compulsory education and their impact on educational attainment. Using longitudinal data that follow students in England from elementary school to university, we find that the production functions of math and verbal skills are inherently different, where cross effects are present only in the production of math skills. Results on long-term educational outcomes indicate that verbal skills play a substantially greater role in explaining university enrollment than math skills. This finding, combined with the large female advantage in verbal skills, has key implications for gender gaps in college enrollment.