Girls, girls, girls: Gender composition and female school choice
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Girls, girls, girls: Gender composition and female school choice
Gender segregation in employment may be explained by women's reluctance to choose technical occupations. However, the foundations for career choices are laid much earlier. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are more likely to choose these subjects if they are in single-sex classes. One possible explanation is that coeducational settings reinf...
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Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women’s reluctance to choose technical occupations, although the foundations for career choices are certainly laid earlier, during education. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are more likely to choose those subjects if they are in single-sex classes. Possible explanations are the la...
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عنوان ژورنال: Economics of Education Review
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0272-7757
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.11.002