Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually … happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … persistence over the career. We find a continuous process whereby women are more likely to exit STEM than men. Among holders of …

Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually … happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … persistence over the career. We find a continuous process whereby women are more likely to exit STEM than men. Among holders of …

Women have historically been underrepresented in STEM majors and occupations, a gap that has persisted over time. There … social environment affects women's STEM choices as early as high school. Using administrative data from China, we find that … exposure to high-performing female peers in mathematics increases the likelihood that women choose a science track during high …

professors that is particularly acute for women of color. We conclude by demonstrating how these disparities stem from the …

Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually … happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … persistence over the career. We find a continuous process whereby women are more likely to exit STEM than men. Among holders of …

apply to STEM programs. More specifically, we investigate how an increase in the relative acceptance probability for STEM … subsidized non-STEM programs. We find that this change in the selectivity of the admission system differently affected … discouraged the participation of women. After the reform, more men and women applied to STEM programs or non-subsidized non-STEM …

This study investigates the impact of single-sex versus coeducational schooling on students' decisions to pursue STEM … school type choosing a STEM major and their weighted average marks for each year of university studies. Contrary to … expectations, we find no evidence that a single-sex high school background increases STEM participation among girls at the …