Data and Code for "The Gender Gap in Undergraduate Economics Course Persistence and Degree Selection"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Laura J. Ahlstrom, Oklahoma State University; Carlos J. Asarta, University of Delaware

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Project Citation:

Ahlstrom, Laura J., and Asarta, Carlos J. Data and Code for "The Gender Gap in Undergraduate Economics Course Persistence and Degree Selection". Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-09-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E111746V1

Project Description

Summary: This study examines male and female course persistence and choice of economics degree via a combination of student, instructor, and structural characteristics. We find that students of both genders who declare economics as their major are more likely to take additional economics courses than their non-major peers. Additionally, students' economics grades are a significant determinant of course persistence and degree selection, but men and women respond somewhat differently to their absolute and relative grades. Finally, men's economics degree selection is significantly correlated with their math abilities, while women's economics degree selection is correlated with both their math and verbal aptitudes.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: economics major; gender gap; course persistence; degree selection

JEL Classification:
      A10 General Economics: General
      A22 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Undergraduate
      I20 Education and Research Institutions: General

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2008 – 2015 (Fall 2008 - Spring 2015)

Collection Date(s): 2016 – 2016 (Spring 2016)

Universe: Undergraduate students who completed economics courses at a large, land-grant university

Data Type(s): administrative records data

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