Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 Hourly labor earnings and the occupation-field of study mismatch by gender

From: Measuring the mismatch between field of study and occupation using a task-based approach

	Male			Female
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Mismatch	− 0.305 [7.91]***	− 0.048 [0.98]		− 0.337 [9.11]***	− 0.103 [2.54]**
Weak match	0.032 [0.62]	0.119 [2.12]**		− 0.12 [2.64]***	− 0.075 [1.57]
Distance		− 0.54 [10.34]***	− 0.606 [12.50]***		− 0.485 [10.36]***	− 0.588 [12.91]***
Age	0.08 [30.00]***	0.078 [30.33]***	0.078 [30.30]***	0.053 [13.20]***	0.051 [12.81]***	0.05 [12.38]***
Age squared	− 0.001 [25.20]***	− 0.001 [25.38]***	− 0.001 [25.01]***	− 0.001 [9.23]***	− 0.001 [8.80]***	− 0.001 [8.37]***
Female
Black	− 0.226 [33.62]***	− 0.215 [34.37]***	− 0.215 [34.04]***	− 0.202 [15.25]***	− 0.195 [15.32]***	− 0.195 [15.92]***
Constant	2.152 [35.41]***	2.21 [35.66]***	2.231 [38.36]***	2.535 [33.38]***	2.577 [33.98]***	2.536 [36.28]***
Observations	246,588	246,588	246,588	307,851	307,851	307,851

The dependent variable is the logarithm of the hourly labor earnings. All regressions include regional dummies and dummies for fields of study. Regressions are estimated by OLS and robust
t-Statistics are in brackets
Standard errors are clustered at the occupation-field of study level
*, **, ***—indicate significance on the 10%, 5% and 1% level respectively

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