1987 and Current Population Survey (CPS) data for 1971 and 1988 to analyze how this dramatic decline in the gender gap was …. These 'gender-specific' factors were more than sufficient to counterbalance changes in both measured and unmeasured prices … observed relative changes in the gender gap among skill groups, specifically a faster closing of the gap at the bottom of the …

the hypothesis that women who plan to work intermittently choose jobs with lower rewards to work experience in return for … school. While it is also true that women in the sample plan to work fewer years than men, these differences do not explain … the observed gender differences in expected earnings profiles. We also find no evidence that gender differences in …