TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Antecol, Heather
AU  - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
        TI  - Do Non-Cognitive Skills Help Explain the Occupational Segregation of Young People?
        PY  - 2010/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5093
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5093
        AB  - This paper investigates the role of non-cognitive skills in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the U.S. labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to which individuals believe they are intelligent and have "male" traits while entry into male-dominated occupations is also related to the willingness to work hard, impulsivity, and the tendency to avoid problems. The nature of these relationships differs for men and women, however. Non-cognitive skills (intelligence and impulsivity) also influence movement into higher-paid occupations, but in ways that are similar for men and women. On balance, non-cognitive skills provide an important, though incomplete, explanation for segregation in the fields that young men and women study as well as in the occupations in which they are employed.
        KW  - gender
KW  - youth
KW  - non-cognitive skills
KW  - occupation
        ER  -