Table 5 Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition for the gender wage gap by field of study.
From: Gender wage gap among the educated: evidence from fields of study in Chile
2017 | 2022 | Change in gap | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wage gap | Explained | Unexplained | Wage gap | Explained | Unexplained | |||
(0) All fields | 0.247*** (0.013) | 0.084*** (0.008) | 0.163*** (0.012) | 0.200*** (0.010) | 0.056*** (0.005) | 0.144*** (0.009) | [-]*** | |
(1) Education | 0.248*** (0.028) | 0.155*** (0.031) | 0.093** (0.040) | 0.210*** (0.025) | 0.166*** (0.025) | 0.044 (0.032) | [-]*** | |
(2) Arts & Humanities | −0.002 (0.085) | 0.030 (0.048) | −0.032 (0.084) | −0.002 (0.052) | −0.034 (0.026) | 0.032 (0.047) | ||
(3) Social Sciences & Communications | −0.010 (0.067) | 0.014 (0.032) | −0.024 (0.065) | 0.156*** (0.054) | −0.001 (0.027) | 0.157*** (0.049) | [+]*** | |
(4) Business & Laws | 0.331*** (0.029) | 0.179*** (0.019) | 0.152*** (0.027) | 0.246*** (0.021) | 0.089*** (0.012) | 0.158*** (0.020) | [-]*** | |
(5) Natural Sciences, Math & Statistics | 0.190 (0.129) | 0.193* (0.100) | −0.003 (0.140) | 0.182** (0.090) | −0.022 (0.053) | 0.203** (0.086) | ||
(6) Information & Communication Technology | 0.181** (0.086) | 0.005 (0.041) | 0.175** (0.074) | 0.165*** (0.062) | 0.069* (0.038) | 0.095 (0.059) | [-]*** | |
(7) Engineering, Industry & Construction | 0.021 (0.040) | −0.074*** (0.023) | 0.094*** (0.035) | 0.102*** (0.027) | −0.025* (0.014) | 0.127*** (0.024) | [+]*** | |
(8) Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Veterinary | 0.175** (0.082) | 0.078 (0.058) | 0.098 (0.079) | 0.244*** (0.028) | 0.122*** (0.019) | 0.123*** (0.025) | [+]*** | |
(9) Health | 0.388*** (0.043) | 0.156*** (0.027) | 0.233*** (0.039) | 0.117* (0.070) | 0.005 (0.044) | 0.111* (0.065) | [-]*** | |
(10) Services | 0.293*** (0.056) | 0.133*** (0.033) | 0.160*** (0.057) | 0.236*** (0.036) | 0.136*** (0.022) | 0.100*** (0.037) | [-]*** | |
