| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16767 |
| DP16767 Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors | |
| Graziella Bertocchi; Luca Bonacini; Marina Murat | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-12-02 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We investigate the gender gap in Economics among bachelor's and master's graduates in Italy between 2010 and 2019. First we establish that being female exerts a negative impact on the choice to major in Economics: at the bachelor level, only 73 women graduate in Economics for every 100 men, with the mathematical content of high school curricula as the key driver of the effect and a persistence of the gap at the master level. Second, within a full menu of major choices, Economics displays the largest gap, followed by STEM and then Business Economics. Third, decomposition analyses expose a unique role for the math background in driving the Economics gender gap relative to other fields. Fourth, a triple difference analysis of a high school reform shows that an increase in the math content of traditionally low math curricula caused an increase in the Economics gender gap among treated students. |
| 主题 | Macroeconomics and Growth ; Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Education gender gap Economics Higher education Business economics Major choice Major switching Mathematics Stereotypes |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16767 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545702 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Graziella Bertocchi,Luca Bonacini,Marina Murat. DP16767 Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors. 2021. |
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