Preference for the Workplace, Investment in Human Capital, and Gender*
通过假设选择方法，研究高能力本科生对工作属性的偏好，发现女性更看重工作灵活性和稳定性，男性更看重收入增长，这些偏好解释了早期职业性别工资差距的四分之一以上。
Abstract We use a hypothetical choice methodology to estimate preferences for workplace attributes from a sample of high-ability undergraduates attending a highly selective university. We estimate that women on average have a higher willingness to pay (WTP) for jobs with greater work flexibility and job stability, and men have a higher WTP for jobs with higher earnings growth. These job preferences relate to college major choices and to actual job choices reported in a follow-up survey four years after graduation. The gender differences in preferences explain at least a quarter of the early career gender wage gap.