What is it about?
Based on a longitudinal and representative sample of Swiss students, this study addresses the question of long-term effects of the gender gap in economic competencies at upper secondary level on students' choice to study economics at university.
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Why is it important?
Although there is great research on the gender gap in economic competencies, almost no research exist on its long-term effects. This study provides first longitudinal effects of the gender gap in economic competencies at the end of upper-secondary school on the choice of economics at university. Against this background, effects of gender-specific socialization are analysed and discussed which have important implications according to gender socialization and discrimination in economics for secondary and higher education and for the labour market.
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I hope this article makes people focussing more on the investigation of economic education in secondary and higher education. Writing this aricle was a great pleasure as it supports the assumption of gender-specific socialization within this domain. I hope this article will be the basis for further research in this field.
Michael Jüttler
Universitat Konstanz
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This page is a summary of: Is economics a man’s business? Exploring the long-term effects of the gender gap in economic competencies at the upper secondary level on students’ choice to study economics at university, Citizenship Social and Economics Education, November 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2047173419885628.
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