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Title: Wayward Sons: The Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: It is widely assumed that the traditional male domination of postsecondary education, highly paid occupations, and elite professions is a virtually immutable fact of the U.S. economic landscape. But in reality, this landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift. Although a significant minority of males continues to reach the highest echelons of achievement in education and labor markets, the median male is moving in the opposite direction. Over the last three decades, the labor market trajectory of males in the U.S. has turned downward along four dimensions: skills acquisition; employment rates; occupational stature; and real wage levels.

Url: http://www.umass.edu/preferen/You Must Read This/wayward sons 2013.pdf

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Authors: Autor, David; Wasserman, Melanie

Publisher: Third Way Next

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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