eprintid: 10137788
rev_number: 21
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2021-11-08 11:54:05
lastmod: 2022-01-24 07:10:16
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Morando, G
title: Peer gender and STEM specialization
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: Female participation in STEM, peer effects, school curricular reform, degree choice
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: This paper shows that students are less likely to specialize in mathematics when exposed to a high share of male peers. I exploit a curricular reform that incentivized students to obtain a mathematics qualification post-16. I show that, for those students affected by the reform, the higher the share of same-gender classmates, the higher the likelihood of obtaining a mathematics qualification for boys, and the lower the likelihood for girls. I interpret this as suggestive evidence that one’s perceived ability in mathematics, a boy-dominated subject, decreases when the share of male classmates increases. This further affects STEM participation in higher education.
date: 2021
date_type: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1796909
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1897398
doi: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1796909
lyricists_name: Morando, Greta
lyricists_id: GMORA38
actors_name: Morando, Greta
actors_id: GMORA38
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Applied Economics Letters
volume: 28
number: 12
pagerange: 1041-1045
issn: 1466-4291
citation:        Morando, G;      (2021)    Peer gender and STEM specialization.                   Applied Economics Letters , 28  (12)   pp. 1041-1045.    10.1080/13504851.2020.1796909 <https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1796909>.       Green open access   
 
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