2020
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3597173
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Non-College Occupations and the Gender Gap in College Enrollment

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“…8 A significant part in the lack of convergence between genders is attributed to human capital factors, including choices of college majors (Zafar, 2013;Bronson, 2015), entry into different professions and industries (Bertrand et al, 2010;Goldin, 2014;Buser et al, 2014), as well as cumulative labor force experience and human-capital accumulation, driven by part-time work and time spent out of the labor force (O'Neill and Polachek, 1993;Erosa et al, 2016). In addition, although women's college attainment rates exceed those of men (Goldin et al, 2006), evidence on differential returns on college education due to the absence of high-paying non-college job opportunities for women could imply that women's true "steady state" level of college attendance would be even higher if post-college barriers to career are removed (Chuan, 2019).…”
Section: Related Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 A significant part in the lack of convergence between genders is attributed to human capital factors, including choices of college majors (Zafar, 2013;Bronson, 2015), entry into different professions and industries (Bertrand et al, 2010;Goldin, 2014;Buser et al, 2014), as well as cumulative labor force experience and human-capital accumulation, driven by part-time work and time spent out of the labor force (O'Neill and Polachek, 1993;Erosa et al, 2016). In addition, although women's college attainment rates exceed those of men (Goldin et al, 2006), evidence on differential returns on college education due to the absence of high-paying non-college job opportunities for women could imply that women's true "steady state" level of college attendance would be even higher if post-college barriers to career are removed (Chuan, 2019).…”
Section: Related Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%