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College Major and the Gender Pay Gap

Gentile, Isabella
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Gentile, Isabella
Title
College Major and the Gender Pay Gap
Date
2021-05-01
Subject
college major
gender inequality
gender pay gap
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Economics Honors Theses
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/808
Abstract
Using the IPUMS USA database and the American Community Survey sample for the year of 2018, this paper seeks to explain how graduating with a bachelor’s degree in a female dominated major can affect post-graduation earned income. Increases in the percentage of female students within a field of study have negative effects on an individual’s earned income. Even after controlling for the percentage of female students within a degree field, there is an additional penalty to one’s income for working within a female dominated industry.
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von Seekamm, Kurt
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Economics
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Bachelor of Science (BS)
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