Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices

被引:51
作者
Rosenbloom, Joshua L. [1 ,2 ]
Ash, Ronald A.
Dupont, Brandon [3 ]
Coder, LeAnne [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[2] NBER, Dept Econ, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[3] Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA
[4] Western Kentucky Univ, Bowling Green, KY 42101 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
occupational personality; career choice; discrimination;
D O I
10.1016/j.joep.2007.09.005
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Despite increases in Female labor force participation, women remain substantially under represented in most scientific and technical fields. The small number of women in engineering, physics, chemistry, computer science and other similar fields has variously been attributed to discrimination, differences in ability or choice. This paper uses a unique data set containing information on vocational interests to examine the determinants of entry in to Information Technology occupations. We show that men and women differ systematically in their interests, and that these differences can account for an economically and statistically large fraction of the occupational gender gap. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:543 / 554
页数:12
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