One theory used in explaining the gender gap in wages is human capital theory. The human capital approach treats expenditures in education and training as an investment with returns over time. This theory suggests that there are larger monetary gains for men. The gain for men is generated by the division of labor within the family. Because of the differences in benefits for further education in conjunction with the anticipation of intermittent workforce participation young rational women may choose majors with lower rates technological change, known in this paper as low-tech majors. This paper tests human capital theory using a data set of students at UNC Asheville. The methodological approach to this paper is a logistic regression, otherwise known as a logit model. Results suggest that there is evidence to support human capital theory.
