Selected Gaps in Task Content, by Experience Level
| Experience: | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Gender Gaps (Male minus Female) | |||||
| Task: | |||||
| Math | −0.088 | −0.085 | −0.058 | −0.032 | −0.049 |
| Verbal | −0.372 | 0.425 | −0.361 | −0.357 | −0.471 |
| Mechanical | 0.700 | 0.794 | 0.829 | 0.709 | 0.875 |
| Science | 0.333 | 0.355 | 0.345 | 0.297 | 0.371 |
| Interpersonal | −0.465 | −0.510 | −0.431 | −0.415 | −0.438 |
| Panel B: Race Gaps (White minus Black) | |||||
| Task: | |||||
| Math | 0.271 | 0.293 | 0.266 | 0.349 | 0.395 |
| Verbal | 0.287 | 0.301 | 0.257 | 0.379 | 0.386 |
| Mechanical | −0.027 | 0.007 | 0.014 | −0.113 | −0.077 |
| Science | 0.124 | 0.143 | 0.116 | 0.114 | 0.138 |
| Interpersonal | 0.185 | 0.223 | 0.192 | 0.312 | 0.296 |
| Panel C: Education Gaps (>516 minus <512) | |||||
| Task: | |||||
| Math | 0.802 | 0.818 | 0.699 | 0.712 | 0.565 |
| Verbal | 1.186 | 1.211 | 1.096 | 1.130 | 1.072 |
| Mechanical | −0.583 | −0.647 | −0.601 | −0.729 | −0.739 |
| Science | 0.228 | 0.270 | 0.264 | 0.198 | 0.050 |
| Interpersonal | 0.889 | 0.972 | 0.913 | 0.050 | 0.960 |
Notes: Tasks are in standard deviations. These gaps are produced by estimating career paths separately by gender, race, and education level with worker fixed effects, treating the mean of the fixed effects as the intercept term.