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Granato, Silvia (2023) Early influences and the choice of college major : can policies reduce the gender gap in scientific curricula (STEM)? Journal of Policy Modeling, 45 (3). pp. 494-521. doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2023.04.006 ISSN 01618938.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2023.04.006
Abstract
I use rich administrative and survey data to analyse the determinants of the gender gap in STEM graduation rates among Italian college graduates. Results from both Gelbach and Oaxaca decompositions show that half of the gender gap in STEM graduation is attributed to the gender difference in maths and science content of the respective high school curricula. This finding indicates that in Italy the gender gap in STEM graduation has its roots in a gendered choice originating many years before and that effective interventions aimed at increasing girls’ interests in science and technology should be implemented at an early stage.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sex differences in education -- Italy -- Government policy, Science -- Study and teaching -- Sex differences -- Italy, Technology -- Study and teaching -- Sex differences -- Italy, Engineering -- Study and teaching -- Sex differences -- Italy, Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Sex differences -- Italy, Science -- Study and teaching (Early childhood), Technology -- Study and teaching (Early childhood), Engineering -- Study and teaching (Early childhood), Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Policy Modeling | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd | ||||||||
ISSN: | 01618938 | ||||||||
Official Date: | May 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 494-521 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2023.04.006 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 July 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2023 |
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