Sexual Differences in Earnings: The Role of Individual Personalities and Tastes

Individual personalities and tastes are incorporated into male and female earnings equations and their effects on discrimination are analyzed. Results indicate that the omission of tastes and personalities from previous studies may have led to an overestimation of the extent of discrimination against women without college schooling. In addition, the problem of discrimination appears to be substantially less for women with college degrees than for those who stopped their education after high school. Ultimately, however, there remain large components of the differential in earnings between men and women that have not been explained. And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And if it be female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. Leviticus 27:3-4 King James Version