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Author: Li, Hsueh-Hsiang
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1. Li, Hsueh-Hsiang
Essays on Gender Differences in Occupational Choices and Cohort Analysis of Saving Adequacy
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): College Graduates; Gender Differences; Human Capital; Job Patterns; Occupational Choice; Occupational Segregation

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The first chapter analyzes how human capital depreciation affects occupational gender segregation. Prior studies are biased because, given an occupational depreciation rate, female workers endogenously choose the duration of leave. I address this problem by proposing an alternative depreciation measure utilizing involuntary job displacement shocks. Using this depreciation proxy along with additional pecuniary and non-pecuniary occupational attributes, I estimate a conditional logit model of occupational choices separately for male and female college graduates using NLSY79 data. The results show that men and women differ largely in selection on many occupational attributes, however, the gender difference in depreciation is statistically insignificant after accounting for additional variance from the generated depreciation regressor.
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Li, Hsueh-Hsiang. Essays on Gender Differences in Occupational Choices and Cohort Analysis of Saving Adequacy. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013.