ECIN Replication Package for "Adams and Eves: High School Math and the Gender Gap in Economics Majors"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Graziella Bertocchi , University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and EIEF; Luca Bonacini, University of Bologna; Marina Murat, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Version:  View help for Version V2

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Project Citation: 

Bertocchi , Graziella, Bonacini, Luca, and Murat, Marina. ECIN Replication Package for “Adams and Eves: High School Math and the Gender Gap in Economics Majors.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-04-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E185923V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
Why so few women graduate in Economics? We investigate the gender gap among
Italian university graduates in Economics between 2010 and 2019. With women's
probability of graduating in Economics being 27 percent lower than men's, the gap
is larger than in Business and even STEM. The association between the gender gap
and the mathematical content of high school curricula is especially strong in Economics. A triple difference analysis shows that a reform raising the mathematical
content of traditionally low math curricula caused an increase in the gender gap,
with women's probability of graduating in Economics decreasing by 12 percentage
points.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (FAR 2019)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Education gender gap; Economics; Higher Education; Business economics; Major Choice; Mathematics; Stereotypes
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      A22 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Undergraduate
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Manuscript Number:  View help for Manuscript Number ECIN-Feb-2022-0055
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