Are sociocultural factors important for studying a science university major?

Grossmann, Volker; Osikominu, Aderonke; Osterfeld, Marius

Are sociocultural factors important for studying a science university major?

dc.contributor.author	Grossmann, Volker	de
dc.contributor.author	Osikominu, Aderonke	de
dc.contributor.author	Osterfeld, Marius	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:51:58Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:51:58Z
dc.date.created	2015-11-09
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the role of the sociocultural background of students for choosing STEM fields in university. We combine rich survey data on university graduates in Switzerland with municipality level information from the census as well as nationwide elections and referenda to characterize a students home environment with respect to religious and political attitudes towards gender equality and science-related issues. Our empirical estimates are based on a structural Roy model which accounts for differences in costs (relative distance to the next technical university) and earnings across majors as well as for selection bias. Our findings suggest that male students from conservative municipalities are more likely to study a STEM field, whereas the sociocultural background plays little role for the major choice of females.	en
dc.identifier.swb	451516850
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5964
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-11554
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2015,12
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Choice of field of study	en
dc.subject	Gender differences	en
dc.subject	Selection bias	en
dc.subject	Sociocultural environment	en
dc.subject	STEM fields	en
dc.subject.ddc	300
dc.subject.gnd	Studienfachwahl	de
dc.subject.gnd	Geschlechterforschung	de
dc.title	Are sociocultural factors important for studying a science university major?	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1155
local.series.issueNumber	2015,12
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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