What kinds of careers do boys and girls expect for themselves?

Abstract

On average, girls are 11 percentage points more likely than boys to expect to work as legislators, senior officials, managers and professionals. nly 5% of girls in OECD countries, on average, expect a career in engineering and computing, while 18% of boys expect a career in these fields. In every OECD country, more girls than boys expect a career in health and medicine.