Table 2 Characterization of fields of study for the research samples.
From: Gender wage gap among the educated: evidence from fields of study in Chile
Field of study | 2017 | 2022 | Mean t test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | St. Dev. | N | Mean | St. Dev. | N | ||
(1) Education | 0.206 | 0.405 | 3162 | 0.171 | 0.377 | 3891 | [-]*** |
(2) Arts & Humanities | 0.025 | 0.156 | 381 | 0.031 | 0.172 | 693 | |
(3) Social Sciences & Communications | 0.041 | 0.199 | 634 | 0.034 | 0.182 | 781 | |
(4) Business & Law | 0.230 | 0.421 | 3529 | 0.226 | 0.418 | 5122 | |
(5) Natural Sciences, Math, & Statistics | 0.012 | 0.107 | 178 | 0.013 | 0.112 | 290 | |
(6) Information & Communication Technology | 0.038 | 0.191 | 584 | 0.041 | 0.199 | 935 | |
(7) Engineering, Industry, & Construction | 0.189 | 0.392 | 2901 | 0.223 | 0.416 | 5068 | [+]*** |
(8) Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Veterinary | 0.028 | 0.166 | 435 | 0.020 | 0.139 | 447 | |
(9) Health | 0.179 | 0.383 | 2741 | 0.185 | 0.388 | 4203 | |
(10) Services | 0.052 | 0.222 | 795 | 0.056 | 0.229 | 1261 | |
