In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …

underrepresentation of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Italy by stimulating young … female students' interest in programming and science and encouraging them to consider careers in STEM-related fields …' programming skills and on their awareness of gender differences in the workforce. However, it did not seem to affect girls …

This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19 …. Despite the fact that neither students' grades nor self-study hours are affected by the instructor's gender, we find that …' evaluations, is larger for mathematical courses and particularly pronounced for junior women. The gender bias in teaching …

In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …

terms of attrition, to grades received is not a gender-specific characteristic but more likely to reflect gender differences …

female students drop out of school in the first year, decrease the probability they choose majors in STEM fields (Science …

]sex environments they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …