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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:37:43am WEST
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A07: Education Spending, Gender Gaps, and Peer Effects Location: Room 107 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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Gender Differences in University Enrollment and STEM Major: The Role of Tuition Policy in Australia 1: McMaster University; 2: University of Melbourne, Australia For decades in many countries, women have attended university in greater shares than men. Yet, men are more likely to enroll in programs with higher returns to education, specifically, those related to STEM. In this paper we explore the effects of increasing tuition on overall enrollment by gender and on the selection of STEM programs by women. We find women consistently enrolled at higher rates than men between 1991 and 2020, with the gap widening over the period from 10 to 16 percentage points. Men were more likely to register in STEM fields. This STEM gap has remained stable in traditional STEM disciplines suggesting systematic gender differences in incentives and behavior, reflecting factors such as men’s stronger engagement with higher-paying non-university jobs, higher expected returns to traditional STEM fields for men, narrower earnings dispersion for women across fields, and gender differences in cost sensitivity and risk aversion. | |
