Information intervention on long-term earnings prospects and the gender gap in major choice.

Autor/inn/en	Peter, Frauke; Schober, Pia; Spieß, C. Katharina
Titel	Information intervention on long-term earnings prospects and the gender gap in major choice. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Informationsintervention zu langfristigen Einkommensaussichten und geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden bei der Wahl des Studienfachs.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 40 (2024) 2, S. 258-275Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcad055
Schlagwörter	Frau; Bildungsertrag; Einkommensunterschied; Einkommenserwartung; Ausbildungskosten; Berufswahl; Studium; Studienberechtigter; Studienwahl; Studienberatung; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Informationsangebot; Hochschulabsolvent; Mann; Berlin; Deutschland
Abstract	"This study investigates whether an intervention that provided high school seniors with information on costs and economic returns to tertiary education and on the long-term earnings prospects of college graduates from different study fields enhances the probability that male and female students opt for financially more rewarding study fields and for business-related or STEM fields with a lower share of women. It extends our understanding on the potentials of information interventions for reducing gender segregation in tertiary education. We draw on a field experiment in one German federal state, Berlin, which included a randomized information intervention, and analyze longitudinal data from 1,036 students in schools with a high share of less privileged students. Our results show that a short and low-cost information intervention on costs and returns to college education, including returns in different fields of study, can substantially reduce women's enrolment in care/social subjects, increase their enrolment in other, non-technical fields while also increasing men's enrolment in technical fields with above-average earnings. The overall effects appear limited in challenging the gender-typicality of enrolment choices, as students tend to choose more profitable majors while avoiding gender-atypical fields." The study refers to the period 2013-2014. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1