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Autor/inn/en | Peter, Frauke; Schober, Pia; Spieß, C. Katharina |
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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
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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 |