Mathematical college majors and the gender gap in wages

College graduates with mathematical college majors earn more than other col lege graduates. Women are less likely than men to pursue mathematical colle ge majors. This does not, however, explain the entire gender wage different ial. In a representative cross section of recent college graduates, women e arn 9 percent less than men with equally mathematical college majors. The g ender wage disadvantage faced by women with technical college majors is no larger than that faced by women with nontechnical college majors.