RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Changes in Returns to Task-Specific Skills and Gender Wage Gap JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 32 OP 70 DO 10.3368/jhr.53.1.1214-6813R2 VO 53 IS 1 A1 Shintaro Yamaguchi YR 2018 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/53/1/32.abstract AB What role did skilled-biased technological change play in narrowing the gender wage gap? To answer that question this paper constructs a task-based Roy model in which workers possess a bundle of basic skills and occupations are characterized as a bundle of basic tasks. The model is estimated using the task data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The main empirical finding is that men have more motor skills than women, but the returns to motor skills have dropped significantly, accounting for a major part of the narrowed gender wage gap from 1980 to 2000.