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| Titre : | Gender and Choices in Higher Education |
| Auteurs : | Anne Boring ; Jennifer Brown |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | Paris : SciencesPo - LIEPP - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques, 2021 |
| Collection : | LIEPP - Working Papers, num. 122 |
| Format : | 51 p |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ DIVISION SEXUELLE DE LA FORMATION ; ORIENTATION SCOLAIRE-PROFESSIONNELLE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; GENRE ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DU TRAVAIL ; INEGALITE SALARIALE ; ETUDIANT ; MOBILITE GEOGRAPHIQUE ; UNIVERSITE ; ENSEIGNEMENT UNIVERSITAIRE ; FRANCE |
| Résumé : | Data on the labor market outcomes of university graduates show that gender pay gaps appear soon after graduation in nearly every field of study. We provide descriptive evidence of a plausible cause of the gender starting-salary gap: choices within an educational setting that differ between male and female students, even after accounting for academic specialization. We examine the choices of undergraduate students at a selective French university who are competing for seats at foreign universities to fulfill a mandatory exchange program requirement. Holding fixed students’ field of study, we find that average and high-ability female students request exchange universities that are worse-ranked than their male peers. A survey eliciting students’ preferences suggests that male students prioritize the academic characteristics of potential exchange universities more often, whereas similar female students consider both the academic and non-academic characteristics of exchange destinations. We explore the short-term consequences of these differing preferences using a simulation that assigns students to exchange seats solely on university ranking and students’ academic performance. Female students’ assignment improves almost uniformly, whereas top-performing male students face increased competition for seats and male students with average grades face less competition as high-achieving female students shift towards better-ranked assignments. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://spire.sciencespo.fr/notice/2441/1ta425q4ev9o6a76uep4hjlunc |
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