RT Journal Article
T1 Gender gaps in skills and labor market outcomes: evidence from the PIAAC
A1 Rebollo-Sanz, Yolanda F.
A1 De la Rica, Sara
K1 Gender gap
K1 Skills
K1 Labor market
AB Our paper makes the first attempt to address the empirical relationRicship between cognitive skills and gender gaps in labor market performance. We do so in a cross-country setting. To that end we use the PIAAC dataset, which contains information on OECD and non-OECD economies. Firstly, we document the existence of gender gaps in cognitive skills for numeracy, which are found to be around 2.5–4.6% and increase with age. These gaps remain even when comparing men and women within the same level and field of study. Next, we document sizable gender gaps in labor market outcomes, such as Labor Force Participation and hourly wages—around 18%, increase with age and rise remarkably for parents. Math skills are positively and strongly associated with these two labor market outcomes and its contribution to explain gender gaps, although significant, is limited—between 10 15% at most—in particular for parents.
PB Springer
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24380
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24380
LA en
NO Review of Economics of the Household 20, 333-371
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica
DS RIO
RD May 5, 2026