Adams and Eves: High school math and the gender gap in Economics majors

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI:10.1111/ecin.13152

Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini, Marina Murat

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Abstract

Why so few women graduate in Economics? We investigate the gender gap among Italian university graduates in Economics between 2010 and 2019. With women's probability of graduating in Economics being 27% lower than men's, the gap is larger than in Business and even STEM. The association between the gender gap and the mathematical content of high school curricula is especially strong in Economics. A triple difference analysis shows that a reform raising the mathematical content of traditionally low math curricula caused an increase in the gender gap, with women's probability of graduating in Economics decreasing by 12 percentage points.

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亚当斯和伊夫斯:高中数学和经济学专业的性别差距

为什么经济学专业毕业的女性如此之少?我们调查了2010年至2019年意大利大学经济学毕业生的性别差距。女性从经济学专业毕业的概率比男性低27%，这一差距比商业甚至STEM专业都要大。性别差距和高中课程数学内容之间的联系在经济学中尤为明显。一项三重差异分析显示，一项提高传统低数学课程数学内容的改革导致性别差距扩大，女性在经济学专业毕业的概率下降了12个百分点。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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