Cobb-Clark, Deborah; Tan, Michelle - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
, whether this contributes to the disparity in their relative wages. We find that noncognitive skills have a substantial effect … on the probability of employment in many, though not all, occupations in ways that differ by gender. Consequently, men … and women with similar noncognitive skills enter occupations at very different rates. Women, however, have lower wages on …