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Women have historically been underrepresented in STEM majors and occupations, a gap that has persisted over time. There are concerns that this is related to academic choices made at an earlier age. The purpose of this paper is to examine how social environment affects women's STEM choices as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027906
characteristic of same-age neighbors-their gender-affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in … the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013457690
characteristic of same-age neighbors - their gender - affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness … in the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013459817
Women have historically been underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs. There are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945972
Women have historically been underrepresented in STEM majors and occupations, a gap that has persisted over time. There are concerns that this is related to academic choices made at an earlier age. The purpose of this paper is to examine how social environment affects women's STEM choices as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867141
happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209726
happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262639
. Greater in-/out-flows to/from private sector are observed regardless the gender of the employee. Once comparing women to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286355
characteristic of same-age neighbors—their gender—affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in … the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241310
characteristic of same-age neighbors their gender affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in … the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241965