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ERIC Number: ED577697
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Nov-1
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2226-7077
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What Are the Gender Differences and the Labour Market Outcomes across the Different Fields of Study? Education Indicators in Focus. No. 55
OECD Publishing
Although girls and boys perform similarly in the PISA science assessment at age 15, girls are less likely than boys to envision a career in science and engineering, even in countries where they outperform them. Current gender disparities in the labour market will not be addressed by the inflow of new graduates: in all OECD and partner countries, women significantly outnumber men in education while men largely outnumber women in engineering, manufacturing and construction in both fields of study and the labour market. Male-dominated fields of study such as engineering, manufacturing and construction have high employment rates but also the greatest difference between the employment rates of men and women.
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (France)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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