The Gender Wage Gap among Young Adults in the United States
利用两项纵向调查数据，研究四种非认知特质（自尊、外控倾向、对金钱/工作的重视、对人际/家庭的重视）对年轻工人工资及性别工资差距的影响，发现性别在这些非认知因素上的差异，尤其是对金钱/工作的重视程度，在解释性别工资差距中起适度但显著的作用。
Using two single-cohort longitudinal surveys, the NLS72 and the NELS88, I investigate the impact of four noncognitive traits—self-esteem, external locus of control, the importance of money/work and the importance of people/ family—on wages and on the gender wage gap among these young workers. I find that gender differences in these noncognitive factors, especially the importance of money/work, have a modest but significant role in accounting for the gender wage gap. Methodologically, this paper proposes a correction to the Oaxaca-Blinder-Ransom decomposition that results in a truly decomposable approach compatible with the simple pooled regression that includes a gender dummy.