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longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the postsecondary level of … percentage points less likely than boys to study in technical streams, namely science (STEM) and commerce, vis-à-vis arts or …
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longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … percentage points less likely than boys to study in technical streams, namely science (STEM) and commerce, vis-à-vis arts or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914343
longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the postsecondary level of … percentage points less likely than boys to study in technical streams, namely science (STEM) and commerce, vis-à-vis arts or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866286
longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … percentage points less likely than boys to study in technical streams, namely science (STEM) and commerce, vis-à-vis arts or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931625
whether this depends on the gender of a jobseeker. First, I relate the number of hours stated on job advertisements to the … gender preferences of firms indicated in a confidential online form. Second, I analyze hiring decisions of recruiters who … same position. Hence, the gender differences cannot be explained by differences in job or workplace characteristics …
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The trade-off between increased representation and perceived quality is central to the debate on how to address underrepresentation in high-profile professions. We address this trade-off using a dynamic model of career selection where juniors value both the identity and perceived quality of...
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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 …Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually …
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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 …Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262639
, persistently large gender gaps in terms of labor supply, earnings, and representation in top jobs remain. Moreover, in countries … the role of children and show that many potential explanations for the remaining gender disparities in labor market … relative to men. In the U.S., we document that close to two-thirds of the overall gender earnings gap can be accounted for by …
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inequities. We then go on to consider possible explanations for the continuing gender differences and some of the empirical …
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