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Table 6 Wage regressions by major occupation

From: Using tools to distinguish general and occupation-specific skills

 

Male

Female

Service

Sales

Admin

# Job-specific tools

.0341* (.0184)

.0403** (.0193)

.0350 (.0558)

2.9851*** (.4202)

.1529 (.2660)

Specific squared

− .0001 (.0008)

− .0001 (.0010)

− .0023 (.0088)

− 4.2719*** (.7879)

− .1347 (.2012)

Total tools

− .0134 (.0114)

− .0220* (.0119)

− .0653* (.0340)

− .2292 (.1671)

− .2177* (.1077)

Total tools squared

− .0002 (.0004)

− .0000 (.0004)

.0034 (.0028)

− .1412** (.0460)

.0498* (.0268)

Number of clusters

300

300

39

13

24

Observations

525,898

515,341

207,764

132,593

156,764

R-squared

.344

.296

.187

.317

.178

 

Construction

Installation and repair

Production

Transportation

 

# Job-specific tools

.0884 (.0808)

− .0666 (.1188)

− .0849* (.0443)

.3589*** (.0743)

 

Specific squared

− .0250** (.0104)

.0051 (.0214)

.0089 (.0057)

− .0739*** (.0187)

 

Total tools

.0044 (.0295)

.0955* (.0532)

.0635** (.0255)

.0274 (.1053)

 

Total tools squared

.0010 (.0010)

− .0046 (.0029)

− .0022* (.0011)

− .0059 (.0128)

 

Number of clusters

31

23

31

21

 

Observations

58,020

39,144

56,848

81,993

 

R-squared

.161

.194

.237

.187

 
  1. Dependent variable is natural log of earnings. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Each regression includes full set of control variables, as in Table 5. Male and Female samples include occupation indicators to control for 10 major occupation groups. Tools measured in 10 tool increments
  2. *** p < .01, ** p < .05, * p < .1