Replication data for: Trends in Earnings Differentials across College Majors and the Changing Task Composition of Jobs

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Project Citation:

Altonji, Joseph G., Kahn, Lisa B., and Speer, Jamin D. Replication data for: Trends in Earnings Differentials across College Majors and the Changing Task Composition of Jobs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112802V1

Project Description

Summary: We show that, among college graduates, earnings differentials across field of study have increased substantially since the early 1990s. We study the degree to which this increase can be accounted for by changes in the labor market return to skills associated with a major. To do so, we define major-specific measures of the relative importance of abstract, routine, and manual tasks on the job, by linking majors to the occupations they typically lead to. Changes in the relationship between earnings and these measures can account for about two-thirds of the rise in inequality.

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JEL Classification:
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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