Using the job requirements approach and matched employer-employee data to investigate the content of individuals’ human capital

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Table 2 Mean levels of generic competences by gender, highest education level attained, and technology level

	Gender		Highest educational level attained				Occupation
	Men	Women	Educ. 1	Educ. 2	Educ. 3	Educ. 4	Manager	Supervisor	Core employee
All skills	0.011	−0.030	−0.266	0.061	0.338	0.520	0.648	0.537	−0.231
Prob. solv	0.033	−0.063	−0.098	0.079	0.109	0.087	0.185	0.336	−0.103
Client com	−0.026	0.057	−0.179	−0.020	0.264	0.419	0.498	0.197	−0.133
High com	0.053	−0.141	−0.220	0.008	0.246	0.616	0.854	0.811	−0.325
Planning	0.005	−0.010	−0.139	0.023	0.171	0.309	0.434	0.388	−0.160
Horiz. com	−0.026	0.057	−0.146	0.020	0.227	0.240	0.333	0.410	−0.146
Numeracy	0.075	−0.169	−0.173	0.082	0.169	0.324	0.496	0.275	−0.149
Basic	0.061	−0.133	−0.205	0.134	0.192	0.309	0.501	0.266	−0.148
Advanced	0.078	−0.179	−0.110	0.013	0.117	0.285	0.408	0.239	−0.125
Literacy	−0.023	0.035	−0.287	0.005	0.402	0.644	0.591	0.373	−0.187
Read	−0.040	0.072	−0.235	0.024	0.336	0.456	0.522	0.295	−0.158
Write	−0.000	−0.013	−0.276	−0.016	0.381	0.698	0.529	0.370	−0.175
Tec. know	0.011	−0.028	−0.295	0.109	0.370	0.476	0.450	0.335	−0.153
Computer	−0.055	0.124	−0.423	0.201	0.506	0.624	0.598	0.298	−0.173

Prob. solv. Problem-solving, Client com. Client communication, High com. High-level communication, Horiz. com. Horizontal communication, Tec. know. Technical know-how, Educ. 1 No qualifications, Primary Education and Basic Vocational Education, Educ. 2 Secondary Education and Medium Vocational Education, Educ. 3 Higher Vocational Education and 3‑year-degree, Educ. 4 4-year-degree and PhD