We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between … 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on student performance are sizable in smaller classes, but do not exist in …

about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university …, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018, we show that gender match effects are sizable in smaller classes … professors are crucial for gender match effects to emerge. In contrast, the mere fact that one's professor is female is not …

Cross-country differences in the gender gap of higher education attainment are large. In this paper, we study the role … of gender norms for this particular gender gap. To isolate the effect of gender norms from institutional and economic …'s degree. We measure gender norms using economic outcomes as well as beliefs prevailing in the migrants' parents' country of …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between … 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on student performance are sizable in smaller classes, but do not exist in …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between … 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on student performance are sizable in smaller classes, but do not exist in …

explanation for the gender wage gap. The aim of this paper is to review evidence on explanations for the STEM gap in tertiary … referred to as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths). The under-representation of women in these subject areas has … be for studying STEM at a later stage. I then discuss what the literature has to say about the role of personal …

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 …

' aspirations to pursue higher education in STEM-related disciplines. The gender stereotypes children are exposed to from a very … underrepresentation of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Italy by stimulating young … female students' interest in programming and science and encouraging them to consider careers in STEM-related fields …

' aspirations to pursue higher education in STEM-related disciplines. The gender stereotypes children are exposed to from a very … underrepresentation of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Italy by stimulating young … female students' interest in programming and science and encouraging them to consider careers in STEM-related fields …

significant variation across different STEM fields both in the size of the gender pay gap and in how it changes over time. The gap …' efforts to increase the number of women earning STEM degrees may not be enough to achieve gender pay equality. …Gender pay gaps in earnings are well-documented in the literature. However, new factors contributing to women's lower …