Comparative Advantage and Gender Gap in Stem
Comparative Advantage and Gender Gap in Stem
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Stem中的比较优势和性别差距
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2020
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通讯作者：
Rigissa Megalokonomou
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作者：
Sofoklis Goulas;S. Griselda;Rigissa Megalokonomou
为什么与男性相比，女性更有可能拥有强大的STEM相关表现，而不太可能在以后学习STEM？我们利用随机分配的学生在希腊的教室，以确定STEM相对于非STEM学科的比较优势对STEM专业化决策的影响。我们使用STEM与非STEM科目的早期高中成绩比率的课堂内排名来近似比较STEM优势。我们发现，女性谁被分配到教室的同龄人，其中他们有一个较高的比较STEM优势更有可能选择STEM学校的轨道，并申请STEM学位。相对STEM优势似乎与男性无关。我们的研究结果表明，相对STEM优势解释了至少12%的合格女性在STEM专业化的最早实例中的代表性不足。我们讨论了放大STEM研究中比较STEM优势的作用的机制。
Why are females compared to males both more likely to have strong STEM-related performance and less likely to study STEM later on? We exploit random assignment of students to classrooms in Greece to identify the impact of comparative advantage in STEM relative to non-STEM subjects on STEM specialization decisions. We approximate comparative STEM advantage using the within-classroom ranking of the ratio of early-high school performance in STEM over non-STEM subjects. We find that females who are assigned to classroom peers among which they have a higher comparative STEM advantage are more likely to choose a STEM school track and apply to a STEM degree. Comparative STEM advantage appears irrelevant for males. Our results suggest that comparative STEM advantage explains at least 12% of the under-representation of qualified females in the earliest instance of STEM specialization. We discuss the mechanisms that amplify the role of comparative STEM advantage in STEM study.
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6.6
作者：
Wang, Ming-Te;Degol, Jessica
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Degol, Jessica
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3.7
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De Bellis, MD;Keshavan, MS;Boring, AM
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Boring, AM
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16.4
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Steele, CM
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Steele, CM