The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents
Abstract
'This paper uses data from centralized admission systems across five continents that allocate students to programs based on academic performance to examine gender representation among top STEM applicants. Female representation in STEM is consistently lower across contexts, with the gender gap in STEM choices remaining stable at around 25% despite differences in economic development, gender norms, and other factors. The findings underscore the need to address not only performance gaps but also gendered preferences for STEM pathways.'
Isaac Ahimbisibwe, Adam Altmejd, Georgy Artemov, Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Aspasia Bizopoulou, Martti Kaila, Jin-Tan Liu, Rigissa Megalokonomou, José Montalbán, Christopher A. Neilson, Christopher Neilson, Sebastián Otero, Jintao Sun, Xiaoyang Ye, "The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents", , 2024.
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title = "The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents",
author = "Ahimbisibwe, Isaac and Altmejd, Adam and Artemov, Georgy and Barrios-Fernández, Andrés and Bizopoulou, Aspasia and Kaila, Martti and Liu, Jin-Tan and Megalokonomou, Rigissa and Montalbán, José and Neilson, Christopher A. and Neilson, Christopher and Otero, Sebastián and Sun, Jintao and Ye, Xiaoyang",
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year = "2024",
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abstract = "'This paper uses data from centralized admission systems across five continents that allocate students to programs based on academic performance to examine gender representation among top STEM applicants. Female representation in STEM is consistently lower across contexts, with the gender gap in STEM choices remaining stable at around 25% despite differences in economic development, gender norms, and other factors. The findings underscore the need to address not only performance gaps but also gendered preferences for STEM pathways.'"
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- Coauthors: Isaac Ahimbisibwe, Adam Altmejd, Georgy Artemov, Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Aspasia Bizopoulou, Martti Kaila, Jin-Tan Liu, Rigissa Megalokonomou, José Montalbán, Christopher Neilson, Jintao Sun, Sebastián Otero, Xiaoyang Ye
- Published:
- Date: 2024-11-19