for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …

explanation for the gender wage gap. The aim of this paper is to review evidence on explanations for the STEM gap in tertiary … education. This starts with statistics about background context and evidence on how well-prepared male and female students may …The share of women achieving tertiary education has increased rapidly over time and now exceeds that of men in most …

application decisions of men and women. After the reform, fewer students applied to higher education and the reform especially …We study how admission policies in higher education affect enrollment decisions of men and women and the decision to … apply to STEM programs. More specifically, we investigate how an increase in the relative acceptance probability for STEM …

-selection into taking the SAT. Our findings imply large effects of the choice of university admission criterion on admitted students …