Table 5

Race and Gender Gaps in Selected Occupations

	Teachers			Construction Workers			Scientists and Engineers
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
Male	−0.022***	−0.022***	−0.018***	0.047***	0.047***	0.042***	0.009***	0.007***	0.003**
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.003)	(0.003)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Black	−0.001	−0.003	−0.004**	−0.007***	−0.008***	−0.007***	−0.003**	0.001	0.003
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Hispanic	−0.000	−0.002	−0.003	−0.006***	−0.006***	−0.006***	−0.003**	−0.001	−0.000
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Education	0.007***	0.007***	0.007***	−0.004***	−0.003***	−0.003***	0.004***	0.002***	0.002***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
AFQT		−0.002**			−0.003***			0.005***
		(0.001)			(0.001)			(0.001)
Math score			−0.001			−0.001			0.006***
			(0.001)			(0.001)			(0.001)
Verbal score			0.002			−0.004***			−0.004***
			(0.002)			(0.001)			(0.001)
Mechanical score			−0.002			0.004***			0.002***
			(0.002)			(0.001)			(0.001)
Science score			-0.004**			0.000			0.002*
			(0.002)			(0.001)			(0.001)
Interpersonal score			0.002			−0.000			0.000
			(0.001)			(0.001)			(0.001)
Percent of gender gap accounted for		0	17		1	11		23	71
Observations	23,186	23,186	23,186	22,960	22,960	22,960	21,460	21,460	21,460

Notes: *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Robust standard errors in parentheses. The sample is restricted to workers with zero to two years of experience who took the ASVAB tests before entering the labor market. These are probit regressions, in which I report the marginal effects. Math, verbal, mechanical, and science skill are measured by ASVAB test scores. Interpersonal score is the average of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem score and the Rotter Locus of Control score, and is only available in the NLSY79; it is set to zero (the NLSY79 mean) for all NLSY97 observations. See Appendix 2 for the O*Net task categories used to create these task measures. Teachers do not include postsecondary teachers. The standard errors are clustered at the worker level.