dc.creatorBordón, Paola
dc.creatorCanals, Catalina
dc.creatorMizala Salcés, Alejandra
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-23T23:58:35Z
dc.date.available2021-08-23T23:58:35Z
dc.date.created2021-08-23T23:58:35Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierEconomics of Education Review (2020) Volumen: 77 Número de artícul: 102011
dc.identifier10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.102011
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/181440
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies gender differences in college applications in Chile. We use the revealed preferences of students for college major choice by taking advantage of Chile's Centralized Admission System, and estimate a nested logit model to predict the first preference of applicants. We find that males apply to selective programs even when they are marginal candidates, while equally qualified female candidates tend to apply less often to these programs. Using counterfactual exercises, we conclude that to successfully address the gender gap, along with promoting females' participation in STEM careers, we must increase males' willingness to consider non-STEM fields. Closing the gender gap does not imply a loss in terms of talent distribution by area of knowledge.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.sourceEconomics of Education Review
dc.subjectGender gap
dc.subjectGender preferences
dc.subjectCollege major choice
dc.subjectNested logit
dc.titleThe gender gap in college major choice in Chile
dc.typeArtículo de revista


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