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Does more math in high school increase the share of female STEM workers? : evidence from a curriculum reform

Biewen, Martin; Schwerter, Jakob - 2019

This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German federal states on the share of male and female students who complete degrees in STEM subjects and who later work in STEM occupations. The reform had two important aspects: (i) it...

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The gender gap in early career in Mongolia

Pastore, Francesco - 2009

Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of … teenagers (15-19), the conditional gender gap becomes significant and sizeable for the over-20. The Juhn, Murphy and Pierce … ; earnings equations ; decomposition analysis ; gender wage gap ; Asia ; Mongolia …

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Ceiling and Floors : Gender Wage Gaps by Education in Spain

de la Rica, Sara; Dolado, Juan Jose; Llorens, Vanesa - 2021

This paper analyses the gender wage gaps by education throughout the wage distribution in Spain using individual data … component of the gender gap not explained by different characteristics. Our main findings are two-fold. First, in contrast with …

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A Chinese puzzle: fewer, less empowered, lower paid and better educated women

Camacho, Carmen; Xue, Yingya - 2021

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Born abroad and educated here : examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe

McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-30

This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred...

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The Gender Gap in Academic Achievements of Italian Graduates

Castagnetti, Carolina; Rosti, Luisa - 2010

We analyse the academic performance of Italian students who graduated in 2004, and their occupational status and earnings in 2007. We find that the educational and occupational performances of male and female students do differ: girls outperform boys in academic achievement, but male graduates...

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