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劳动与健康经济学workshop:Response to Competition: Gender, Domain, STEM choice, and Persistence
发布日期：2023-12-22 12:00 来源：
时间：2023年12月22日（周五）10:00-11:30
地点：北京大学国家发展研究院承泽园院区 249教室
主持人：雷晓燕、易君健
参与老师：赵耀辉、李玲、刘国恩、张丹丹、黄炜
主讲人：李芳华 新南威尔士大学
摘要：Women’s lower performance in competitive environments has been advanced as an explanation for gender inequality in the labor market. We explore the domain specificity of gender differences in response to competition (RC) and test whether it can predict a subsequent decision to study STEM, an important contributor to the gender pay gap. Using administrative data from the universe of four cohorts of compulsory education students, and defining RC as the performance difference on the High School Entrance Exam versus a mock exam, we find a female disadvantage in RC in STEM subjects, but a female advantage in non-STEM subjects. Principal component analysis reveals the presence of both a domain-general component (favoring boys) and a domain-specific component (favoring girls) of RC. Both components are significant predictors of subsequent STEM track choice, after controlling for STEM ability, comparative advantage in STEM, peer or role model effects, age, and SES. Only the domain-specific component contributes to the gender gap in STEM choice, accounting for 19.4% of the remaining gap. Using RC measured three years later, we find evidence of intertemporal stability and persistence in domain-specific gender gaps.
主讲人介绍：
李芳华（Fanghua Li）， University of New South Wales经济学院助理教授， 2018 年于University of California, Los Angeles取得经济学博士学位。研究领域为劳动经济学，行为经济学，发展经济学，研究成果发表于Journal of Econometrics, China Economic Review, 经济研究，中国社会科学，管理世界等期刊。
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劳动与健康经济学workshop:Response to Competition: Gender, Domain, STEM choice, and Persistence
发布日期：2023-12-22 12:00 来源：
时间：2023年12月22日（周五）10:00-11:30
地点：北京大学国家发展研究院承泽园院区 249教室
主持人：雷晓燕、易君健
参与老师：赵耀辉、李玲、刘国恩、张丹丹、黄炜
主讲人：李芳华 新南威尔士大学
摘要：Women’s lower performance in competitive environments has been advanced as an explanation for gender inequality in the labor market. We explore the domain specificity of gender differences in response to competition (RC) and test whether it can predict a subsequent decision to study STEM, an important contributor to the gender pay gap. Using administrative data from the universe of four cohorts of compulsory education students, and defining RC as the performance difference on the High School Entrance Exam versus a mock exam, we find a female disadvantage in RC in STEM subjects, but a female advantage in non-STEM subjects. Principal component analysis reveals the presence of both a domain-general component (favoring boys) and a domain-specific component (favoring girls) of RC. Both components are significant predictors of subsequent STEM track choice, after controlling for STEM ability, comparative advantage in STEM, peer or role model effects, age, and SES. Only the domain-specific component contributes to the gender gap in STEM choice, accounting for 19.4% of the remaining gap. Using RC measured three years later, we find evidence of intertemporal stability and persistence in domain-specific gender gaps.
主讲人介绍：
李芳华（Fanghua Li）， University of New South Wales经济学院助理教授， 2018 年于University of California, Los Angeles取得经济学博士学位。研究领域为劳动经济学，行为经济学，发展经济学，研究成果发表于Journal of Econometrics, China Economic Review, 经济研究，中国社会科学，管理世界等期刊。
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