The bottom line (as it were): natives of places that got more schools in the 1970s would exhibit a smaller young-old pay gap in 1995. That is the correlation that the Duflo study looks for…
I think I had to reread the Methods and results several times before understanding what seemed very unintuitive -- I initially would’ve guessed that the young-old wage gap would’ve been higher among the more educated population. Since the more educated youngsters would have made more money.
I think upon rereading and brief reflection that the young-old wage gap is supposed to be a situation where older men make more money? And the gap is lower if younger men had more education. This makes sense but I got tripped up a few times (and am still not certain my reading is correct). Sorry if this question is really naive for people who understand the labor econ literature!
Thanks for the feedback. I can see why that is confusing. You figured it out. I inserted a couple of sentences before the first table to clarify. And I changed “young-old pay gap” to “old-young pay gap” because I think the hyphen reads, at least subliminally, like a minus sign.
I think I had to reread the Methods and results several times before understanding what seemed very unintuitive -- I initially would’ve guessed that the young-old wage gap would’ve been higher among the more educated population. Since the more educated youngsters would have made more money.
I think upon rereading and brief reflection that the young-old wage gap is supposed to be a situation where older men make more money? And the gap is lower if younger men had more education. This makes sense but I got tripped up a few times (and am still not certain my reading is correct). Sorry if this question is really naive for people who understand the labor econ literature!
Thanks for the feedback. I can see why that is confusing. You figured it out. I inserted a couple of sentences before the first table to clarify. And I changed “young-old pay gap” to “old-young pay gap” because I think the hyphen reads, at least subliminally, like a minus sign.
Thank you so much! I’m embarrassed to admit that I was indeed probably subliminally affected here by the ordering.