Table 2 Educational wage differentials by study majors, four selected years (in ln)

Arts

–

0.42***

–

0.35***

–

0.31***

–

0.36***

Law

–

0.59***

–

0.56***

–

0.58***

–

0.57***

Economics

0.43***

0.60***

0.41***

0.59***

0.42***

0.61***

0.38***

0.53***

Social Sc

0.27***

0.46***

0.34***

0.34***

0.25***

0.32***

0.21***

0.36***

Medicine

–

0.83***

–

0.82***

–

0.78***

–

0.96***

Natural Sc

–

0.62***

–

0.59***

–

0.47***

–

0.52***

Engineering

0.39***

0.48***

0.34***

0.46***

0.32***

0.44***

0.31***

0.53***

# obs./R²

2,900

0.22

2,409

0.23

2,045

0.22

1,990

0.23

Arts

–

0.24***

–

0.33***

–

0.19*^a

–

0.26***

Law

–

0.64***

–

0.68***

–

0.66***

–

0.74***

Economics

0.42***

0.49***

0.35***

0.41***

0.39***

0.42***

0.41***

0.52***

Social Sc

0.21***

0.37***

0.07ns^a

0.34***

0.28***^a

0.34***

0.10

0.35***

Medicine

–

0.71***

–

0.71***

–

0.78***

–

0.71***^a

Natural Sc

–

0.56***

–

0.57***

–

0.55***

–

0.48***

Engineering

0.48***

0.54***

0.48***

0.55***

0.46***

0.50***

0.51***

0.58***

# obs./R²

2,877

0.32

2,383

0.32

1,960

0.30

1,883

0.33