Table A6

Selected Gaps in Task Content, by Experience Level

Experience:05102025
Panel A: Gender Gaps (Male minus Female)
Task:
  Math−0.088−0.085−0.058−0.032−0.049
  Verbal−0.3720.425−0.361−0.357−0.471
  Mechanical0.7000.7940.8290.7090.875
  Science0.3330.3550.3450.2970.371
  Interpersonal−0.465−0.510−0.431−0.415−0.438
Panel B: Race Gaps (White minus Black)
Task:
  Math0.2710.2930.2660.3490.395
  Verbal0.2870.3010.2570.3790.386
  Mechanical−0.0270.0070.014−0.113−0.077
  Science0.1240.1430.1160.1140.138
  Interpersonal0.1850.2230.1920.3120.296
Panel C: Education Gaps (>516 minus <512)
Task:
  Math0.8020.8180.6990.7120.565
  Verbal1.1861.2111.0961.1301.072
  Mechanical−0.583−0.647−0.601−0.729−0.739
  Science0.2280.2700.2640.1980.050
  Interpersonal0.8890.9720.9130.0500.960
  • 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.