published in: Economics Letters; 2003, 79 (3), 393-400
We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female
gender wage differential amongst graduates. Using data from the labour force surveys of the
United Kingdom and Germany, we find similar results in these two countries: subject of
degree explains about 2-4 percent higher wages of male over female graduates after
controlling for age, industry, region, part-time and public sector employment. This is a
significant part (between 9 to 19 percent) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and
an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage equations (at
around 20 to 29 percent of the explained component).
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