Women in STEM: does college boost their performance?
| Autor: | Luz Karime Abadía Alvarado, Gloria Lucia Bernal Nisperuza, Silvia C. Gómez Soler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Selection bias
Higher education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education 05 social sciences Measure (physics) 050301 education Education Reading (process) 0502 economics and business Propensity score matching Added value Mathematics education Gender gap business 0503 education 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Higher Education. 79:849-866 |
| ISSN: | 1573-174X 0018-1560 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-019-00441-0 |
| Popis: | This article uses an added value measure to assess the gender-specific impact of attending a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program. Using the results of the mandatory Colombian national exit exams, we compare the math and reading scores at the end of high school and at the end of college by gender. A difference-in-differences technique combined with propensity score matching is used to address selection bias. We find that the gender-related achievement gap in math and reading scores increases after college affecting women. The gap is larger for those individuals studying a STEM major in comparison with a non-STEM major. Moreover, we find that the gender gap is higher in public and accredited universities. |
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