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Tag: Wage Gaps

Study Finds that Wage Gaps are More Likely When College Degrees and Jobs Don’t Align

Gender and racial inequalities continue to shape the opportunities college graduates have when they enter the workforce. A new study by Institute for Diversity Science (IDS) Affiliate Ran Liu and Graduate Fellow Thao Phuong Pham finds that horizontal mismatch, or working in a job outside one’s field of study, is an important driver of wage …