Nudging gender desegregation: a field experiment on the causal effect of information barriers on gender inequalities in higher education
| Autor: | Giulia Assirelli, Giovanni Abbiati, Carlo Barone, Antonio Schizzerotto |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Observatoire sociologique du changement (Sciences Po, CNRS) (OSC), Sciences Po (Sciences Po)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Trento [Trento], Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore [Milano] (Unicatt), Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Inequality
Higher education Desegregation Field experiment Gender segregation Higher Education Information Returns to education media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 050109 social psychology 5. Gender equality Argument 050602 political science & public administration 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 10. No inequality Demography media_common [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology business.industry 4. Education Field (Bourdieu) 05 social sciences Causal effect returns to education gender segregation 0506 political science Test (assessment) Intervention (law) field experiment higher education Psychology business Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | European Societies European Societies, 2018 European Societies, online-(2018-03) |
| ISSN: | 1469-8307 1461-6696 |
| Popis: | In this article, we propose and test a novel explanation for gender segregation in Higher Education that focuses on the misperceptions of economic returns to fields of study. We frame this explanation within the literature emphasizing the role of gender-stereotypical preferences and occupational plans, and we argue that counselling activities in school can play a crucial role in either reinforcing or countering the weight of these expressive mechanisms relative to more instrumental considerations involving occupational prospects of different fields. In particular, we suggest that the availability of reliable, ready-to-use information on these prospects enhances the probability that students, particularly females, opt for more rewarding fields. To test this argument, we present the results of a field experiment conducted in Italy that confronted high school seniors with detailed information concerning returns to tertiary education and field of study differentials, and we assess how girls and boys reacted to this counselling intervention. |
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