Moving beyond the STEM/non-STEM dichotomy: wage benefits to increasing the STEM-intensities of college coursework and occupational requirements.
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| Title: | Moving beyond the STEM/non-STEM dichotomy: wage benefits to increasing the STEM-intensities of college coursework and occupational requirements. |
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| Authors: | Light, Audrey1 light.20@osu.edu, Rama, Apoorva1 |
| Source: | Education Economics. Aug2019, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p358-382. 25p. 7 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | *College graduates, *STEM education, *Course content (Education), *Occupational training, *Educational tests & measurements |
| Abstract: | Using a sample of college graduates from the NLSY97, we introduce a new approach to assessing wage benefits of STEM training, STEM jobs, and the match between the two: rather than classify individuals dichotomously as STEM or non-STEM, we measure the STEM-intensities of both their college coursework and their occupational requirements. While the orthodox approach simply predicts that 'STEM pays,' we find that workers at the top of both gender-specific STEM-intensity distributions are predicted to out-earn their counterparts at the bottom by a substantial margin – even when we condition on their dichotomous STEM classification – but that predicted log-wages do not increase monotonically with STEM-intensity throughout the entire joint distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Using a sample of college graduates from the NLSY97, we introduce a new approach to assessing wage benefits of STEM training, STEM jobs, and the match between the two: rather than classify individuals dichotomously as STEM or non-STEM, we measure the STEM-intensities of both their college coursework and their occupational requirements. While the orthodox approach simply predicts that 'STEM pays,' we find that workers at the top of both gender-specific STEM-intensity distributions are predicted to out-earn their counterparts at the bottom by a substantial margin – even when we condition on their dichotomous STEM classification – but that predicted log-wages do not increase monotonically with STEM-intensity throughout the entire joint distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09645292 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09645292.2019.1616078 |
