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December 10, 2018

Steering more students into STEM?

Costs of delivering postsecondary instruction differ markedly by field of study

  • disciplines
  • education
  • engineering
  • faculty
  • math
  • STEM
  • students
  • tuition
  • university
  • Andew Simon
  • Fernando Furquim
  • John E. Sawyer
  • Kevin Stange
  • Steven W. Hemelt
Research

November 6, 2018

Shrinking gender pay gap has made boys more ambitious

More women succeed in male-dominated sectors, but few men choose traditionally female occupations

  • gender gap
  • income
  • inequality
  • nature vs. nurture
  • occupational sorting
  • STEM
  • Grace Lordan
  • Warn N. Lekfuangfu
Research

August 27, 2018

Brothers foster women’s gender conformity

Study from Denmark shows that parents invest differently in their daughters if they also have sons

  • gender
  • human capital
  • parents
  • STEM
  • Anne Ardila Brenøe
Research

June 12, 2017

Who feels the pain of science research budget cuts?

By Bruce A. Weinberg (Ohio State University and IZA) Science funding is intended to support the production of new knowledge […]

  • budget cuts
  • funding
  • R&D
  • research
  • Science
  • STEM
  • technology
  • unviersities
  • Bruce A. Weinberg
Research

August 5, 2016

Women’s chances in STEM fields better than often thought

One of the most common explanations why women are underrepresented in many areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) […]

  • academia
  • bias
  • discrimination
  • exam
  • France
  • hiring
  • Science
  • STEM
  • women
  • Annabelle Krause
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Melina Hillion
  • Thomas Breda
  • Ulf Rinne
Research

July 27, 2015

“When the going gets tough, the tough major in STEM fields”

The consequences of economic fluctuations are large and long-lasting, and can have an especially strong influence on investment choices. A […]

  • business cycle
  • college major
  • consumption
  • economic environment
  • economic fluctuations
  • graduating
  • investment
  • investment choices
  • labor market prospects
  • recessions
  • STEM
  • students
  • Benjamin J. Keys
  • Brian C. Cadena
  • Erica Blom
Research

June 17, 2015

How to increase the attractiveness of STEM for female students

Women have been traditionally under-represented in college major fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Analyzing the reasons is […]

  • career
  • college major
  • gender differences
  • grading
  • scholarships
  • STEM
  • university
  • workload
  • Peter Arcidiacono

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