Math and gender. Is math a route to a high-powered career?

Autor/inn/en	Joensen, Juanna Schroeter; Nielsen, Helena Skyt
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Math and gender. Is math a route to a high-powered career? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Mathematik und geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren. Ist Mathematik ein Weg in eine anspruchsvolle Karriere?
Quelle	Bonn (2013), 30 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 7164
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildungsbeteiligung; Frau; Bildungsertrag; Sekundarbereich; Begabung; Curriculum; Fächerwahl; Mathematik; Mathematikunterricht; Einkommenseffekt; Wahlfach; Berufswahl; Männerberuf; Hochschulbildung; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Institution; Mädchen; Dänemark
Abstract	There is a large gender gap in advanced math coursework in high school that many believe exists because girls are discouraged from taking math courses. In this paper, we exploit an institutional change that reduced the costs of acquiring advanced high school math to determine if access is, in fact, the mechanism - in particular for girls at the top of the math ability distribution. By estimating marginal treatment effects of acquiring advanced math qualifications, we document substantial beneficial wage effects from encouraging even more females to opt for these qualifications. Our analysis suggests that the beneficial effect comes from accelerating graduation and attracting females to high-paid or traditionally male dominated career tracks and to CEO positions. Our results may be reconciled with experimental and empirical evidence suggesting there is a pool of unexploited math talent among high ability girls that may be retrieved by changing the institutional set-up of math teaching. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/3